Seattle judge blocks Trump immigration order

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN15I1CM

A federal judge in Seattle on Friday granted a nationwide temporary restraining order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's recent action barring nationals from seven countries from entering the United States.

The judge's order represents a major challenge to the Trump administration, which is expected to immediately appeal. The judge declined to stay the order, suggesting that travel restrictions could be lifted immediately.

The challenge was brought by the state of Washington and later joined by the state of Minnesota. The Seattle judge ruled that the states have legal standing to sue, which could help Democratic attorneys general take on Trump in court on issues beyond immigration.

"It's a wonderful day for the rule of law in this country," said Washington state solicitor general Noah Purcell.

The decision came on a day that attorneys from four states were in courts challenging Trump's executive order. Trump's administration justified the action on national security grounds, but opponents labeled it an unconstitutional order targeting people based on religious beliefs.

Earlier on Friday, a federal judge in Boston on Friday declined to extend a temporary restraining order that allowed some immigrants into the United States from certain countries despite being barred by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent executive order.

Also on Friday in Virginia, a federal judge ordered the White House to provide a list of all people stopped from entering the United States by the travel ban.

The State Department said on Friday that fewer than 60,000 visas previously issued to citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen had been invalidated as a result of the order. That disclosure followed media reports that government lawyers were citing a figure of 100,000.

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia ordered the federal government to give the state a list by Thursday of "all persons who have been denied entry to or removed from the United States."

The state of Hawaii on Friday joined the challenge to the order, filing a lawsuit alleging that the order is unconstitutional and asking the court to block the order across the country.

The new Republican president's order signed on Jan. 27 triggered chaos at U.S. airports last weekend. Some travelers abroad were turned back from flights into the United States, crowds of hundreds of people packed into arrival areas to protest and legal objections were filed across the country.

This is a rude awakening for Trump's administration.

Saw this on fb from a lawyer:

Good good,

Same will be true for dreamers who work at Fortune 100 companies in key roles.

This is not good for DACA

Trump should have his wins in order for DACA legalization to be palatable.

If Trump is denied his wins, there would be no room for DACA legalization.

He needs to be impeached,

This clown is doing more damage to OUR country than I imagined possible.

There might not be country left to enjoy after 4 years of ineptitude.

Or maybe Trump will stop listening to Miller & Bannon because of this mess up. Anyway this will all take time as it goes through the courts.

That's a negative on that one sir.

If it was up to GOT_Daca he would turn this site in to get a green card

how do you go through your everyday life with this much negativity?