Three Federal District Courts to Hold Hearings in Lawsuits that Seek to Block Implementation of Trump’s Revised Refugee Admissions/Travel Ban Executive Order
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Preliminary rulings could be handed down as soon as this week from any one of three courts that are holding hearings this week on lawsuits that are seeking to block the revised Executive Order on refugee admissions, immigration, and travel to the United States that the President Donald J. Trump signed last week. |
Among other things, the revised order cuts refugee admissions to the United States by 60 percent for the current fiscal year; halts refugee admissions to the United States, altogether, for 120 days while the Administration undertakes a study of the security of the U.S. refugee admissions program (USRAP); bars for 90 days travel to the United States for the passport holders from six predominately-Muslim countries pending a study of security procedures with respect to the admission of nationals from those countries; and implements a yet-to-be-defined regime of “extreme vetting” for all persons seeking entry to the United States.