Advertisement

We need your help now

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.

You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.

If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.

Shawn Thew DPA/PA Images

Another blow for Trump's new travel ban as court blocks it indefinitely

The US Justice Department will appeal for the travel ban from six predominantly-Muslim countries.

THE US FEDERAL judge who halted President Donald Trump’s revised ban on refugee resettlement and arrivals of people from six mainly Muslim countries has extended his order blocking its implementation.

US District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii said yesterday he had turned his original temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction.

Such an injunction generally has no set expiration date, said Hawaii state Attorney General Doug Chin.

This means Trump will be barred from enforcing the ban while it is contested in court.

The US Justice Department is expected to appeal to the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the ruling.

Watson’s first order suspending enforcement of Trump’s amended ban was issued 15 March – a day before the measure was to go into effect.

Trump’s first ban and the revised one have both been criticised as amounting to a ban on entry of Muslims into the US.

Hawaii’s attorney general Chin praised the court ruling.

“With a preliminary injunction in place, people in Hawaii with family in the six affected Muslim-majority countries – as well as Hawaii students, travelers, and refugees across the world – face less uncertainty,” he said.

Travel Ban Lawsuits Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin Caleb Jones AP / Press Association Images Caleb Jones AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

“While we understand that the President may appeal, we believe the court’s well-reasoned decision will be affirmed,” he added in a statement.

In his first order, Watson ruled it was plausible “to conclude that targeting these countries likewise targets Islam” given their Muslim populations ranging from 90.7 percent to 99.8 percent.

Trump has said a travel ban is needed to preserve US national security and keep out extremists.

If the Justice Department appeals the latest ruling it will be heard in the same San Francisco-based court that upheld a halt to Trump’s first travel ban in February after a judge in Seattle ruled against it.

The ban aims to close US borders to nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, and all refugees for at least 120 days. Iraq was on the original ban but removed in the revision.

The White House said the six countries were targeted because their screening and information capabilities could not meet US security requirements.

© AFP 2017

Read: Trump’s climate plan labelled ‘a colossal mistake that defies science’

Read: Trump’s top aide and son-in-law Kushner to face Russia investigation panel

Author
View 48 comments
Close
48 Comments
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Monkey Boy
    Favourite Monkey Boy
    Report
    Sep 19th 2013, 6:34 PM

    If a pre school is short 1 plaster in a box of 10,thats an automatic fail in 1st aid compliance on the report,the current report will just say 1st aid fail,it does say its because its short of a plaster. Thats hardly fair,i hope the new reports actuly report the proper issues discovered in pre schools that are not up to proper standards. Will the new laws assist the low paid staff with proper working hours,pay and entitlements ??

    64
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Poppy
    Favourite Poppy
    Report
    Sep 19th 2013, 7:20 PM

    Couldn’t agree more. I personally know of a case where the preschool inspector complained there were too many varieties of plasters & dressings. All the new regulations will not prevent nasty people who don’t like children been mean to them like we saw on the Prime Time programme.

    32
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute chalk8down
    Favourite chalk8down
    Report
    Sep 19th 2013, 6:40 PM

    New legislation is all well & good. Maintaining appropriate carer:child ratios, training staff properly & paying them a credible wage is more paramount, imo…

    55
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute CAM
    Favourite CAM
    Report
    Sep 19th 2013, 6:45 PM

    Perhaps some regulation for childminders too, who look after children in their own home. I have come across many wonderful childminders who treat the children they look after impeccably, however they are not all the same. This is a largely unregulated area and I feel there should be some sort of inspections/reports similar to the UK.

    33
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute David Taylor
    Favourite David Taylor
    Report
    Sep 19th 2013, 7:40 PM

    No one cares for a
    Child better that his or her parent but unfortunately during the credit tiger we lost the run of ourselves and required 2
    Parents working to support ridiculous mortgages and the introduction of the chain crèche with high running costs etc
    The whole country needs an overhaul not just childcare and plenty of crèche’s who pay staff fairly and treat children well they are just harder to find because the pull of the larger crèche with the so called reputation is a greater pull ….inspectors need to inspect what’s really important not tick a flip board actually sit in the crèche for few days to observe properly

    20
    Install the app to use these features.
    Mute Sheelagh Reid
    Favourite Sheelagh Reid
    Report
    Sep 19th 2013, 7:55 PM

    Creche or preschool?

    2
Submit a report
Please help us understand how this comment violates our community guidelines.
Thank you for the feedback
Your feedback has been sent to our team for review.
JournalTv
News in 60 seconds