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Trump claims ‘victory’ over travel ban ruling

President Donald Trump has welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to allow his travel and refugee bans to be partly reinstated. Earlier this year Trump ordered a 90-day ban on people travelling from six mainly Muslim countries and a 120-day ban on refugees. Injunctions preventing them are now to be partly lifted … a move Trump […]

Timeline of Trump’s ‘travel ban’

Washington (dpa) – Donald Trump rose to prominence as a political candidate with harsh comments on immigration, refugees and Muslims, and as president has attempted to implement his policies through executive orders. December 2, 2015: A US-born Pakistani-American and his Pakistani wife shoot dead 14 people in San Bernardino, California, after pledging allegiance to Islamic […]

Refugee advocacy groups slam ‘Muslim Ban’ ruling

Refugee advocacy groups slam 'Muslim Ban' ruling

Washington, DC – Refugee advocacy groups have raised concerns after the US Supreme Court partially reinstated the Trump administration’s ban on travellers from six predominantly Muslim countries – commonly known as the “Muslim ban” – and all refugees, until it reviews the ban in October. “I am deeply disappointed by the court’s decision … the […]

Thanks to Trump, a Father’s Day without a father | Editorial

Take a moment tomorrow, at your barbecue or pancake breakfast, to remember a 13-year-old New Jersey boy spending Father’s Day without his deported dad. Joel Massie, a Metuchen 7th grader and American citizen, will have no more happy Father’s Days, thanks to President Trump’s immigration agents. They just put his dad – a New Jersey […]

Another US Appeals Court Rules Against Trump’s Travel Ban

Another US Appeals Court Rules Against Trump's Travel Ban

A second United States court has voted to uphold a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel from six mostly Muslim countries. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled unanimously Monday against Trump’s temporary ban, on the grounds that the president overstepped his authority when he issued his March […]

After Travel Ban Ruling, Return to 9th Circuit Court Would be Next

After Travel Ban Ruling, Return to 9th Circuit Court Would be Next

The first time a U.S. federal court issued a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s travel ban, the government filed an appeal the next day. After Wednesday’s court ruling against Trump’s second executive order, which temporarily suspends refugee admissions and the issuance of new visas to people from six countries, an appeal to the […]

Trump’s travel ban: How could Hawaii block it?

Trump’s travel ban: How could Hawaii block it?

Just hours before President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban was set to go into effect, a federal judge in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order, putting the ban on hold. The ban would have restricted entry of citizens of six Muslim-majority nations into the US for 90 days and temporarily suspended the refugee programme from […]

Trump Signs New Travel Ban Order

Trump Signs New Travel Ban Order

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday, barring travelers from six countries to the United States for three months, and all refugees for four months, after federal appeals judges blocked a similar order from implementation last month. In an attempt to ensure a smoother rollout of the travel ban and protect it […]

Poll Shows Europeans Want Muslim Migration Ban

Poll Shows Europeans Want Muslim Migration Ban

The furor in Europe over U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens from seven majority Muslim states has overshadowed what the London policy institute Chatham House calls a “reservoir of public support” on the continent for such measures, based on the findings of its latest poll. The survey of 10,000 people found that support […]

Trump: Immigration System Will Not Be ‘Tool for Terrorism’

Trump: Immigration System Will Not Be ‘Tool for Terrorism’

In his weekly radio address, U.S. President Donald Trump promised that the country’s immigration system will not be used as a ‘tool’ to advance the cause of foreign terrorists. “We will continue to fight to take all necessary and legal action to keep terrorists, radicals and dangerous extremists from ever entering our country,” Trump said. […]