Government Affairs
Hawaii blocks the President’s travel ban.
What now for Donald Trump’s travel ban?
Hawaii is one of several US states trying to stop the ban. The directive would have placed a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a 120-day ban on refugees.
A Federal judge in Hawaii has thrown into doubt President Donald Trump's latest travel ban by ruling that the executive order cannot go into effect.
Hawaii is one of several US states trying to stop the ban. The directive would have placed a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a 120-day ban on refugees.
Judge Derrick K. Watson ruled Hawaii had reasonable grounds to challenge the order as religious discrimination.
President Trump said the judge’s decision was ‘political’ and would be challenged ‘all the way to the Supreme Court’.
An earlier version of the president's order, issued in late January, was blocked by a judge in Seattle.
The revised ban dropped Syria from the list of banned countries and made green cardholders and dual citizens exempt.