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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Judge Just Granted A Restraining Order Against Trumps Second Muslim Ban
Almost on cue, President Trumps second anti-Muslim travel ban has hit a major snag. A judge on the Western District Court of Wisconsin has issued a temporary restraining order against the government, allowing an unknown plaintiff to be reunited with his wife and children, who are stranded in the devastated city of Aleppo, Syria.
Link to tweet
Trumps second Muslim ban is similar to the first, restricting travelers from six Muslim-majority nations Syria, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Iran, and Sudan from entering the United States for 90 days.
Crucially, it now leaves out Iraq due to concerns that it would hamper counterterrorism efforts against Daesh (ISIS/ISIL), which undermines the entire premise of the ban, which is to prevent Daeshi sleeper agents from infiltrating the United States as tourists or refugees.
The ban on Syrian refugees fleeing the brutal six-year civil war has been reduced to 120 days. The current ban also allows those with green cards and legal residents to return to the United States.
Read more:
http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/03/13/judge-just-granted-restraining-order-trumps-second-muslim-ban/
Hekate
(91,196 posts)Airport protestor, Night One of the first ban.
We've gained another day, so to speak.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)this came from Walkers Libertarian State of Hell.
Initech
(100,180 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,932 posts)GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)2 days ago and may not hold according to this New York Mag article today summarizing where we are so far.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/revised-travel-ban-has-survived-its-early-legal-challenges.html
Btw, occupydemocrats may make satisfying reading, but, generally speaking, its content is...let's say frequently misleading on purpose in pursuit of goal, and at best does not do enough to advance understanding.
mobeau69
(11,179 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)prevented the Trumpenfuhrer's latest ban from going into effect.
(if really necessary)
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)...when he got the news.
gopiscrap
(23,769 posts)H2O Man
(73,739 posts)spanone
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