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| Trump travel ban: US judge blocks new executive order | |
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| A Federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump's new travel ban, hours before it was due to begin at midnight on Thursday. | A Federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump's new travel ban, hours before it was due to begin at midnight on Thursday. |
| The ruling by US District Judge Derrick Watson stops the executive order from going into effect. | The ruling by US District Judge Derrick Watson stops the executive order from going into effect. |
| Hawaii is one of several US states trying to stop the ban. | Hawaii is one of several US states trying to stop the ban. |
| The directive would have placed a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a 120-day ban on refugees. | The directive would have placed a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a 120-day ban on refugees. |
| President Trump said it would stop terrorists from entering the US but critics say it is discriminatory. | President Trump said it would stop terrorists from entering the US but critics say it is discriminatory. |
| Lawyers in Hawaii had argued that the ban would violate the US constitution by discriminating against people on the grounds of their national origin. | |
| An earlier version of the president's order, issued in late January, sparked confusion and protests, and was blocked by a judge in Seattle. | |
| The White House has not yet commented on the latest ruling. | |
| But Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who is attending a court hearing in Seattle in his efforts to block the travel ban, described it as "fantastic news". | |
| "It's very exciting. At this point it's a team effort - multiple lawsuits and multiple states," he said. | |
| The revised ban dropped Iraq from the list of banned countries and made green card holders and dual citizens exempt. | |
| But more than half a dozen US states have joined lawsuits in an attempt to block it. |