Bloomberg Law
May 25, 2017, 6:22 PM UTC

Trump Immigration Ban Remains Frozen After Appeals Court Ruling

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By Andrew Harris and Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg News

President Donald Trump’s executive order barring U.S. entry from six mostly Muslim countries was put on continued hold by a federal appeals court Thursday.

The Richmond, Virginia-based panel said Trump’s prior calls for a ”Muslim ban” could be considered in weighing the legality of the March 6 executive order.

A forerunner of the executive order incited chaos and condemnation when it was rolled out without warning in January.

Federal courts soon blocked its enforcement, prompting a re-do.

Subsequent controversies have distracted from Trump’s agenda, some by his own doing, including his firing ...

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