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Judge blocks Donald Trump's revised ban

Trump vowed to fight the “flawedâ€ruling all the way to the apex court if required.

A federal court in Hawaii on Thursday halted Donald Trump’s revised executive order temporarily closing US borders to refugees and nationals from six Muslim-majority countries, dealing the president a humiliating defeat.

US District Judge Derrick Watson ruled that the state of Hawaii, in its legal challenge to the order, had established a strong likelihood that the ban would cause “irreparable injury” were it to go ahead. The ruling means a nationwide freeze on enforcement of a ban on entry by nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days. It also halts a 120-day suspension of the US refugee admissions programme. Trump vowed to fight the “flawed” ruling all the way to the apex court if required.

( Source : Agencies )
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