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Trump travel ban to take effect pending court appeal
(UPDATED) The US Supreme Court says that the government could fully enforce a revised ban on travelers from 6 mainly Muslim countries pending appeal
U.S. to resume refugee admissions; 11 countries still blocked
The United States will resume accepting refugees after a 120-day ban, but arrivals from 11 'high-risk' countries, most of them home to Muslim majorities, will still be blocked
U.S. judge blocks latest version of Trump travel ban
The decision by US District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii marks the latest blow to Trump's long-running efforts to restrict entry of travelers from targeted countries into the United States
North Korea, Venezuela, Chad among 8 countries on new U.S. travel ban
(UPDATED) Sudan, one of 6 majority-Muslim countries on the original travel ban, is removed from the list, leaving 8 nations with complete or partial blocks on travel to the United States
U.S. Supreme Court keeps tight refugee ban in place
Justices accept the administration s emergency petition to stay a ruling by the San Francisco Appeals Cour that would have allowed thousands of refugees already in the pipeline to come to the United States despite the ban
U.S. Supreme Court: Grandparents, grandkids exempted from Trump travel ban
The court accepted a Hawaii federal judge s ruling last week that the Trump administration had too narrowly defined what constitutes close family relationships in its travel ban exemptions
Trump travel ban to take partial effect
But implementation of the order after 5 months of legal challenges could be chaotic in part due to the meaning of a key term used in the court s ruling: bona fide
U.S. high court reinstates part of Trump travel ban
UPDATED The decision is a win for Donald Trump who insists the ban is necessary for national security despite criticism that it singles out Muslims in violation of the US constitution
U.S. Supreme Court looks to travel ban ruling and a possible retirement
The White House declines to comment on speculation that a pivotal US Supreme Court justice might announce his retirement
U.S. appeals court upholds block on Trump travel ban
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit keeps in place a lower court injunction on the ban arguing the president has overstepped his authority and his executive order discriminated against travelers based on their nationality
Trump offers help as London grapples with violent incidents
Trump seized the occasion to plug his thwarted travel ban on people from 6 mainly Muslim countries
Trump asks Supreme Court to reinstate Muslim travel ban
UPDATED US Justice Department: We have asked the Supreme Court to hear this important case and are confident that President Trump s executive order is well within his lawful authority
Undocumented Asian Americans struggle in silence
While other undocumented communities are growing more vocal undocumented Asian and Pacific Islanders face stigma
Hawaii judge extends order blocking Trump travel ban
UPDATED US District Judge Derrick Watson says he has turned his original temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction
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Hawaii judge freezes Trump's revamped travel ban
4th UPDATE The court in Honolulu is the first to rule in a trio of legal challenges against the ban which was set to go into effect March 16
Decried as Muslim ban, will Trump decree pass legal muster?
Can challengers succeed in overturning a measure that was deliberately crafted to remove the red flags raised by US courts over the first attempt? That may be more difficult
Trump signs revised travel ban, exempts Iraqis
UPDATED Legal permanent residents and current visa holders would be explicitly exempt from the order Iraq would also no longer be on the list of countries affected
U.S. promises no mass deportations in bid to calm Mexico
There will be no use of military force for immigration operations says US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly
A traffic ticket can now get you deported from the U.S.
Under new rules the obvious fear of undocumented migrants is the crackdown will drive them deeper into the underground
U.S. targets millions in sweeping deportation plan
UPDATED Two memos issued by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly order border patrol and immigration officers to deport as quickly as possible any illegal immigrants they find with only a few exceptions
Crackdown on immigrants: How not to go nuts with Trump in charge
The Trump administration insists it is only deporting criminals but those caught and booted out of the United States include scores of people with fake identity documents who are not violent
White House considering new immigration order
An aide insists President Donald Trump has the power to keep some people from entering the US
Trump calls court decision on travel ban 'disgraceful'
Trump reacts to Thursday s unanimous decision by the US court of appeals based in San Francisco in an early morning tweet that selectively quotes from a post on Lawfare a blog on law and national security issues
Remove Iraq from travel ban list, PM tells Trump
Iraq is one of 7 Muslim majority countries whose citizens are barred from entering the United States for 90 days under an executive order the newly sworn in US president signed on January 27
U.S. appeals court rules against Trump on travel ban
3rd UPDATE In response US President Donald Trump immediately tweets See you in court the security of our nation is at stake
Trump slams courts as judges mull travel ban
4th UPDATE President Donald Trump s comments have sparked a firestorm in a country where such personal and vitriolic attacks by a president on another independent branch of government are rare
Trump administration defends travel ban in court
UPDATED The high stakes hearing saw an attorney for the government argue that Trump s immigration curbs were motivated by national security concerns and that the federal judge had overstepped his authority in suspending them
Trump administration defends 'lawful' travel ban
4th UPDATE The legal battle moves to San Francisco where Justice Department lawyers defended the executive order and said the nationwide injunction against it was vastly overbroad
UK speaker opposes a Trump address to parliament
John Bercow said such a speech is not an automatic right it is an earned honor – and one he will object to following Trump s ban on refugees and travelers from 7 mainly Muslim countries
Fil-Am leader hits Duterte for not helping undocumented OFWs
President Duterte marami sa mga undocumented dito sa Amerika sumuporta sa yo says Filipino American leader Lolita Lledo
Tech companies, former secretaries of state slam Trump travel ban
UPDATED Aside from tech companies prominent Democrats including former secretaries of state John Kerry and Madeline Albright join in on the criticism of the travel ban
Battle over Trump's immigration order: what we know
Here are the main facts about Trump s executive order and the court action surrounding the case
With Trump travel ban still blocked, travelers head to US
4th UPDATE Travelers from Iran Iraq Libya Somalia Sudan Syria and Yemen who have valid visas begin arriving on American soil
Thousands protest in U.S., Europe over Trump travel ban
UPDATED The biggest demonstration takes place in London where an estimated 10 000 people turned out
U.S. suspends Trump travel ban
Those individuals with visas that were not physically cancelled may now travel if the visa is otherwise valid a US State Department spokesman says
Trump vows to restore travel ban
This comes after a US federal judge ordered a temporary nationwide halt to President Donald Trump s ban on travelers from 7 Muslim majority countries
No other countries eyed for travel ban, U.S. says
The US says this is contrary to false reports that a draft order by US President Donald Trump includes other countries including the Philippines in the travel ban
U.S. revokes 60,000 visas after Trump order
To put that number in context we issued over 11 million immigrant and non immigrant visas in fiscal year 2015 says Will Cocks spokesman for the US State Department s bureau of consular affairs
'Southern Philippines' next in Trump's travel ban?
4th UPDATE Despite a claim by a US law firm the American Immigration Lawyers Association quotes the State Department as saying that this is a rumor
Filipinos should be welcomed to U.S. – State Department
The Philippines was not among those countries that were labeled of concern US State Department acting spokesman Mark Toner says
UN chief calls for lifting of U.S. travel ban
I think that these measures should be removed sooner rather than later UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres tells reporters
Trump travel ban 'divisive and wrong' – Theresa May
The prime minister is keen to emphasise she had no advance notice of Trump s plans
What controversy? Trump's Republican base still on his side
The conservative base that launched the new US president to his shock November victory has by and large voiced satisfaction with Trump s bold executive actions
Dissident U.S. diplomats defy Trump on travel ban
According to leaked drafts of the memo the US envoys argue that Trump s decision to suspend refugee arrivals and ban visitors from 7 mainly Muslim countries is a betrayal of American values
Lakers forward Deng 'proud refugee' against Trump travel ban
Deng stresses the struggles of refugees to simply survive and then escape the violence around them and urged people not to become numb to their suffering
Trump fires top U.S. gov't lawyer over travel ban defiance
5th UPDATE Sally Q Yates refused to mount a legal defense of Trump s ban on immigration from 7 Muslim nations
Trump's ban: It's not about national security
Instead of saying the Philippine government will respect Trump’s recent order Malacañang should speak out publicly against it in order to blunt the momentum of an exclusionary regime that will eventually affect its citizens
Trump downplays travel ban impact as fallout deepens
UPDATED After a weekend of chaos at airports mass protests and diplomatic outcries criticism of Trump s proposal even came from his predecessor Barack Obama
