WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to President Donald Trump’s revised travel restriction targeting six Muslim-majority countries.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that blocked the travel restrictions. It’s the first appeals court to rule on the revised travel restrictions. Trump rewrote the restrictions after several legal defeats. His administration will likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The appeals court decision blocks the administration from suspending new visas for people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
Trump took Iraq off the restriction list in February after lobbying from the Iraqi government.
A federal judge in Hawaii has also halted that provision and the freeze on the U.S. refugee program. Trump’s administration is fighting that decision in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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