The latest in this never-ending saga.
There was big news Stateside in the early hours of this morning after a federal judge in Seattle ordered a temporary halt on Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration or the ‘muslim ban’ as its more commonly known.
Judge James Robart granted a restraining order after hearing arguments from Washington state and Minnesota that Trump’s order had “unlawfully discriminated against Muslims and caused unreasonable harm.”
Airlines are now allowing passengers from the seven countries that had been banned to board planes to the US, and the state department is re-validating visas that had been revoked.
Trump presumably got a call to the White House earlier today to inform him of the news and he took to Twitter to vent his frustrations.
When a country is no longer able to say who can, and who cannot , come in & out, especially for reasons of safety &.security – big trouble!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017
Interesting that certain Middle-Eastern countries agree with the ban. They know if certain people are allowed in it's death & destruction!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017
The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017
He then had another go at the New York Times.
After being forced to apologize for its bad and inaccurate coverage of me after winning the election, the FAKE NEWS @nytimes is still lost!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017
Then he shouted this out.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017
According to The Telegraph, this is what happens next.
“The department of justice will have to convince a federal court that Mr Trump was within his authority to issue the ban, and that the order blocking it should be overturned. If the department obtains the emergency stay on Mr Robert’s ruling, the order will go back into effect and the visas that have been approved, rescinded and now reissued will be invalidated once more.”
We’ll wait and see.
