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A federal judge in Seattle partially lifted a ban on refugees imposed by the Trump administration. US District Judge James Roberts decided in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Jewish Family Service on December 23, 2017. In particular, Judge Roberts held that the ban does not apply to refugees who have a READ MORE

On December 4, 2017, the US Supreme Court allowed President Trump’s third travel ban to temporarily take effect while it is being challenged in the appeals courts. It issued orders staying two federal district courts’ preliminary injunctions barring the ban. The third travel ban encompasses eight countries – six Muslim majority (Chad, Iran, Libya, Yemen, READ MORE

The Appeals Court of the Ninth Circuit issued an order staying the district court’s October 20, 2017, preliminary injunction against the ban on entry (“travel ban”) of nationals from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, except as to foreign nationals who have a credible claim of a qualifying family or institutional connection to the READ MORE

A Hawaii federal judge largely blocked the Trump administration’s third travel ban just hours before it was set to take effect against nationals from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. Judge Watson blocked the ban for six of the eight countries subject to it and upheld it for North Korea and READ MORE

The winners of the 2017 diversity visa lottery (DV) who are nationals of countries included in Executive Order 13780’s travel ban to the US filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of State’s (DOS) refusal to issue immigrant visas to them. (P.K. v. Tillerson, 8/3/17). The court denied the plaintiffs’ request to compel the DOL to READ MORE

President Trump has issued a new order imposing severe restrictions on travelers from eight countries to the US, ranging from a total ban to more targeted limits. The new rules, which will affect the citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, will go into effect on October 18, 2017, and READ MORE

The Supreme Court issued an order staying the Ninth Circuit’s mandate with respect to refugees covered by a formal assurance. (Trump v. Hawaii, 9/12/17). On September 7, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s July 13, 2017, order modifying its preliminary injunction against Sections 2 and 6 of Executive Order 13780 READ MORE