2/26/2017 After being rejected by lower courts, the Supreme Court is allowing Trump’s travel ban to go into limited effect for a period of 90 days. Foreign nationals from six countries who lack any “bona fide relationship with any person or entity in the United States” will be banned. Those having formal relationships, such as those having family members in ...
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Third time not a charm for Trump travel ban
5/25/2017 President Trump’s hope of banning people from terror prone countries took another blow today, as the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-3 to uphold a lower courts decision that barred the travel ban. Trump’s first attempt was rejected by the courts as it included reference to Muslims. The courts decided that barring immigrants based on their religion was ...
Read More »Judge blocks Trump’s travel ban
02/04/2017 After a week of chaos regarding the immediate implementation of Trump’s travel ban, Federal Judge James Robart upheld the temporary stay preventing its implementation. The travel ban is not in place at this time. Trump’s travel ban went into effect immediately upon his signature. The White House staff did not give adequate warning to TSA or other agencies as ...
Read More »Trump signs executive order for 90 day travel ban
01/27/2017 Today President Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” which immediately suspends for a period of least 90 days the admission of nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen into the United States. The executive order states that the travel ban applies to nationals of ...
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