Another US Appeals Court Rules Against Trump’s Travel Ban
A second United States court has voted to uphold a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel from six mostly Muslim countries. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled unanimously Monday against Trump’s temporary ban, on the grounds that the president overstepped his authority when he issued his March […]
9th Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to reinstate Trump’s travel ban
A federal appeals court refused Monday to lift a hold on President Donald Trump’s revised travel order barring new visas for nationals from six predominantly Muslim countries. The unanimous, unsigned ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was the latest in a string of legal defeats the…
Christine Flowers: Travel ban is a Muslim ban, any way you slice it
Religion is very important to me. I’m not unusual. According to a recent Pew report, three-quarters of Americans said that religion was at least “somewhat important” in their lives, and well over half said that it was “very important.” Only 11 percent said that it was “not important.” We are privileged to live in a […]
Trump Signs New Travel Ban Order
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday, barring travelers from six countries to the United States for three months, and all refugees for four months, after federal appeals judges blocked a similar order from implementation last month. In an attempt to ensure a smoother rollout of the travel ban and protect it […]
9th Circuit Court denies DOJ request to put travel ban appeal on hold
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Department of Justice’s request to pause proceedings on an appeal of President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The court in a filing on Monday said its schedule over the federal government’s appeal of a lower court’s halt on Trump’s travel ban will proceed, with the first […]
Jose De Jesus Ortiz: Fowler doesn’t back away from comments on Trump travel ban
JUPITER, Fla. — If the detractors hoped to silence Dexter Fowler with their opposition to his remarks over the weekend, they were as misguided as their narrow-minded views. Fowler has been active on social media so long, he wasn’t even surprised by some of the hate he received after telling ESPN how President Donald Trump’s […]
Trump vows to introduce overhauled travel ban
US President Donald Trump said he will issue a new executive order to replace his controversial directive suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mainly-Muslim countries. At an extraordinary White House news conference on Thursday, Trump said the new order would seek to address concerns raised by federal appeals court judges, who […]
Trump: Immigration System Will Not Be ‘Tool for Terrorism’
In his weekly radio address, U.S. President Donald Trump promised that the country’s immigration system will not be used as a ‘tool’ to advance the cause of foreign terrorists. “We will continue to fight to take all necessary and legal action to keep terrorists, radicals and dangerous extremists from ever entering our country,” Trump said. […]
‘We are against a travel ban,’ Under Armour says
Under Armour, facing criticism over comments by its CEO, issued a statement Friday calling immigration “a source of strength” and emphasizing its push to raise American manufacturing capacity. “These are not new or revised values,” the statement said. “This is what we believe. Under Armour and Kevin Plank are for job creation and American…
Trump administration is considering new, narrower travel ban, officials say
Rebuffed again by the courts, the Trump administration is weighing a new, more narrowly tailored executive order to restrict entry into the U.S. that would forestall further legal wrangling — even as the president himself vowed Friday to “do whatever is necessary to keep our country safe.” One day after three appeals court judges…