Federal judge temporarily halts third Trump travel ban

October 18, 2017
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A federal district court in Hawaii has temporarily blocked the majority of President Trump’s travel ban from taking effect.

Judge Derrick Watson said the third version of Trump's targeted restrictions on travel from eight countries, issued on Sept. 24, suffers from the same maladies as the previous order, which temporarily banned immigration from six majority-Muslim countries — Iran, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen.

Read more at The Hill: http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/355860-federal-judge-temporarily-halts-third-trump-travel-ban