White House to appeal after court blocks Trump’s travel ban
Temporary restraining order represents a major setback for Trump’ order that temporarily barred refugees and nationals from seven countries from entering the US
Seattle/Boston — A Seattle federal judge on Friday put a nationwide block on US President Donald Trump’s week-old executive order that had temporarily barred refugees and nationals from seven countries from entering the United States. The judge’s temporary restraining order represents a major setback for Trump’s action, though the White House said late Friday that it believed the ban to be "lawful and appropriate" and that the US Department of Justice would file an emergency appeal. Still, just hours after the ruling, US Customs and Border Protection told airlines they could board travelers who had been affected by the ban. Trump’s January 27 order caused chaos at airports across the US last week as some citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen were denied entry. Virtually all refugees were also barred, upending the lives of thousands of people who had spent years seeking asylum in the US. The State Department said Friday that almost 60,000 visas were suspend...
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