Demonstrators spell out "# No Muslim Ban" during the "Boston Protest Against Muslim Ban and Anti-Immigration Orders" to protest President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban in Boston. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
The travel ban on seven Muslim nations by US President, Donald Trump, has been reversed by a federal high court.
James Robart, a federal judge in Seattle, on Friday temporarily blocked Trump’s divisive immigration order from being enforced nationwide.
The judge stopped the 90-day suspension of entry into the United States placed on citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen and also the cutbacks on refugee acceptance.
The white house has vowed to fight the ruling by pursuing an emergency halt to the judge’s order.
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“The president’s order is intended to protect the homeland and he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect the American people,” the white house said.
Trump has already taken to Twitter to call the ruling “ridiculous” while describing Robart as a “so-called judge.”
He said the judge’s decision “will be overturned.”
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He tweeted: “When a country is no longer able to say who can, and who cannot , come in & out, especially for reasons of safety &.security – big trouble!
“The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!”
When a country is no longer able to say who can, and who cannot , come in & out, especially for reasons of safety &.security – big trouble!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017
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The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017
Interesting that certain Middle-Eastern countries agree with the ban. They know if certain people are allowed in it’s death & destruction!
Advertisement— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017
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Meanwhile, the US state department has announced the reversal of the revocation of visas.
“We have reversed the provisional revocation of visas. Those individuals with visas that were not physically cancelled may now travel if the visa is otherwise valid,” a US state department spokesperson told AFP.
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