Saturday, July 15, 2017

Feds ask that judge's ruling on travel ban be put on hold

July 15, 2017 at 03:00PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to put on hold a judge's ruling modifying the Trump administration's travel ban on immigrants from six majority-Muslim nations.

The department filed the request for a stay with the Supreme Court on Saturday while the court considers its appeal of a ruling by a federal court judge in Hawaii.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson ordered the government to allow in refugees formally working with a resettlement agency in the United States.

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