Trump's 11-nation refugee ban partially blocked by court
Judge partially blocks President Donald Trump’s 11-nation refugee ban finding it violates federal rule-making requirements.
US District Judge James Robart in Seattle, who issued one of the earliest orders halting the president’s January travel ban, said in a ruling Saturday that the Trump administration can continue to deny entry to refugees who don’t have ties to relatives or institutions in the US.
A worldwide suspension of refugee admissions was included in earlier versions of the president’s executive orders that were blocked by judges until the Supreme Court ruled in June that the restrictions could be enforced for immigrants lacking "bona fide relationships" to the US.
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