Appeals court rules against Trump administration, relaxing travel ban restrictions again

The following article by Jaweed Kaleem and Maura Dolan was posted on the Los Angeles Times website September 7, 2017:

A rally against the travel ban in New York in June 2017. Credit: Alba Vigaray / European Pressphoto Agency

A federal appeals court on Thursday denied the Trump administration’s request to block more travelers from six Muslim-majority nations and permitted all vetted refugees to be admitted.

The decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals could significantly decrease the number of people stopped from traveling to the U.S. under President Trump’s travel ban. The ban currently halts nearly all refugee resettlement and travel by foreign nationals from six mostly Muslim countries unless they have close connections in the U.S. Continue reading “Appeals court rules against Trump administration, relaxing travel ban restrictions again”