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| Hawaii judge dilutes Trump travel ban further by expanding family list | Hawaii judge dilutes Trump travel ban further by expanding family list |
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| The Trump administration has asked the supreme court to block a ruling by a federal judge in Hawaii that diluted his travel ban by vastly expanding the list of family relationships with US citizens that visa applicants can use to get into the country. | The Trump administration has asked the supreme court to block a ruling by a federal judge in Hawaii that diluted his travel ban by vastly expanding the list of family relationships with US citizens that visa applicants can use to get into the country. |
| The ruling is the latest piece of pushback in the fierce fight set off by the ban Trump first attempted in January. It will culminate with arguments in front of the US supreme court in October. | The ruling is the latest piece of pushback in the fierce fight set off by the ban Trump first attempted in January. It will culminate with arguments in front of the US supreme court in October. |
| By appealing to the supreme court, the administration is choosing to bypass the San Francisco-based appeals court that has ruled against it in the case and return to the high court. | By appealing to the supreme court, the administration is choosing to bypass the San Francisco-based appeals court that has ruled against it in the case and return to the high court. |
| The current rules are not so much an outright ban as a tightening of already tough visa policies affecting citizens from six Muslim-majority countries: Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran and Yemen. People from those countries who already have visas will be allowed into the country. Only narrow categories of people, including those with relatives named in Thursday’s ruling, will be considered for new visas. | The current rules are not so much an outright ban as a tightening of already tough visa policies affecting citizens from six Muslim-majority countries: Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran and Yemen. People from those countries who already have visas will be allowed into the country. Only narrow categories of people, including those with relatives named in Thursday’s ruling, will be considered for new visas. |
| US district judge Derrick Watson on Thursday ordered the government not to enforce the ban on grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the US. | US district judge Derrick Watson on Thursday ordered the government not to enforce the ban on grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the US. |
| “Common sense, for instance, dictates that close family members be defined to include grandparents,” Watson said in his ruling. “Indeed grandparents are the epitome of close family members.” | “Common sense, for instance, dictates that close family members be defined to include grandparents,” Watson said in his ruling. “Indeed grandparents are the epitome of close family members.” |
| Watson also ruled that the government may not exclude refugees who have formal assurance and promise of placement services from a resettlement agency in the US. | Watson also ruled that the government may not exclude refugees who have formal assurance and promise of placement services from a resettlement agency in the US. |
| The US supreme court, which last month allowed a scaled-back version of the ban to go into effect before it hears the case in October, exempted visa applicants from the ban if they can prove a “bona fide” relationship with a US citizen or entity. | The US supreme court, which last month allowed a scaled-back version of the ban to go into effect before it hears the case in October, exempted visa applicants from the ban if they can prove a “bona fide” relationship with a US citizen or entity. |
| The Trump administration defined “bona fide” relationship as those who had a parent, spouse, fiance, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or sibling already in the US. | The Trump administration defined “bona fide” relationship as those who had a parent, spouse, fiance, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or sibling already in the US. |
| The case came back to Watson when the ninth US circuit court of appeals ruled that he had the authority to interpret the supreme court’s order and block any violation of it. | The case came back to Watson when the ninth US circuit court of appeals ruled that he had the authority to interpret the supreme court’s order and block any violation of it. |
| Watson’s Thursday ruling broadened the definition of what counts as a “bona fide” relationship to include grandparents and the rest of the wider list of relatives. | Watson’s Thursday ruling broadened the definition of what counts as a “bona fide” relationship to include grandparents and the rest of the wider list of relatives. |
| Hawaii’s attorney general, Douglas S Chin, who represents the state as the plaintiff in the case said the court made clear “that the US government may not ignore the scope of the partial travel ban as it sees fit”. | Hawaii’s attorney general, Douglas S Chin, who represents the state as the plaintiff in the case said the court made clear “that the US government may not ignore the scope of the partial travel ban as it sees fit”. |
| “Family members have been separated and real people have suffered enough,” Chin said in a statement. | “Family members have been separated and real people have suffered enough,” Chin said in a statement. |
| The supreme court ruled that workers who accepted jobs from American companies, students who enrolled at a US university or lecturers invited to address a US audience would also be exempt. | The supreme court ruled that workers who accepted jobs from American companies, students who enrolled at a US university or lecturers invited to address a US audience would also be exempt. |
| A relationship created for purposes of avoiding the travel ban would not be acceptable, the justices said. | A relationship created for purposes of avoiding the travel ban would not be acceptable, the justices said. |
| Trump proposed a blanket ban on Muslims during his campaign, but limited it to a handful of countries when he issued his initial travel ban in January, promoting it as a necessary tool for national security and fighting terrorism. | Trump proposed a blanket ban on Muslims during his campaign, but limited it to a handful of countries when he issued his initial travel ban in January, promoting it as a necessary tool for national security and fighting terrorism. |
| It set off massive protests at airports around the country and immediately sparked a sprawling, ongoing legal fight. | It set off massive protests at airports around the country and immediately sparked a sprawling, ongoing legal fight. |
| Courts blocked that first ban as well as a second the Trump administration had retooled, until the supreme court partially reinstated it at the end of June. It’s unclear how significantly the new rules have affected or will affect travel. In most of the countries singled out, few people have the means for leisure travel. Those that do already face intensive screenings before being issued visas. | Courts blocked that first ban as well as a second the Trump administration had retooled, until the supreme court partially reinstated it at the end of June. It’s unclear how significantly the new rules have affected or will affect travel. In most of the countries singled out, few people have the means for leisure travel. Those that do already face intensive screenings before being issued visas. |
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