Trump’s revised travel ban appears to be heading toward the same
fate as the original ban as a
federal judge in Madison, Wisconsin, quickly issued a restraining order on behalf of a Syrian refugee living
in Wisconsin. The judge’s decision cited the potential impact of
the travel ban on the man’s wife and three-year-old daughter, whom
the man is attempting to also bring to the U.S. from the war-torn and
violent country. The suit, which is similar to lawsuits in at least five
other states, claims that the revised travel ban exceeds the president’s
scope of authority and violates the constitution. In issuing the temporary
restraining order, the federal judge upheld the allegations that the pending
lawsuit has some likelihood of success on its merits and the Syrian refugee
is at great risk of suffering irreparable harm if a temporary restraining
order was not issued. The judge’s decision also cited the daily
threats to the refugee’s wife and child who remain in Syria. In
the days immediately following the Wisconsin judge’s ban, several
states took action to mount legal challenges to the travel ban, including
Maryland and Hawaii. Other states have joined the Washington state suit,
including Oregon, New York, and Massachusetts. After initially issuing
a limited-time temporary restraining order, the Hawaii district court
judge issued a longer-term preliminary injunction, which indefinitely
blocked crucial provisions of the revised travel ban, including the 90-day
ban on immigrants from Muslim countries and the 120-day ban on all refugees
entering the country. The federal government has now appealed the Hawaii
ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This appeal will be in addition
to the government’s pending appeal in the Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals after a Maryland judge imposed a nationwide halt to the 90-day
ban on immigrants from six Muslim countries. Regardless of the ultimate
outcome of federal lawsuits concerning Trump’s travel bans,
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