Bloomberg Law
July 14, 2017, 8:59 PM UTC

Trump Travel Ban Faces Further Limits After Hawaii Ruling

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By Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg News

A federal judge in Hawaii ruled that the Trump administration didn’t conform with the Supreme Court’s instructions in rolling out its temporary travel ban.

The decision means many people covered by the government’s restrictions would be allowed to enter the U.S. In an order late Thursday, U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu said the government shouldn’t limit entry for visa applicants from six mostly Muslim nations and refugees worldwide to only those with members of their nuclear family already living in the U.S.

The Justice Department hasn’t said whether it will appeal.

Watson has ...

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