A federal judge on Tuesday largely blocked the
Trump administration from implementing the latest version of the president’s
controversial travel ban, setting up yet another legal showdown on the extent
of the executive branch’s powers when it comes to setting immigration policy.
The decision from U.S. District Judge Derrick K.
Watson in Hawaii is sure to be appealed, but for now, it means that the
administration cannot restrict the entry of travellers from six of the eight
countries that officials said were unable or unwilling to provide information
that the United States wanted to vet the countries’ citizens.
The latest ban was set to go fully into effect
in the early hours of Wednesday, barring various types of travellers from
Syria, Libya, Iran, Yemen, Chad, Somalia, North Korea and Venezuela. Watson’s
order stops it, at least temporarily, with respect to all the countries except
North Korea and Venezuela.
In a 40-page decision granting the state of
Hawaii’s request for a temporary restraining order nationwide, Watson wrote
that the latest ban “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its
predecessor.”
Watson also wrote that the executive order
“plainly discriminates based on nationality” in a way that is opposed to
federal law and “the founding principles of this Nation.”
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