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A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's limited view of who is allowed into the United States under the president's travel ban, saying grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the U.S. should not be prevented from coming to the country.

The unanimous ruling from three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also said refugees accepted by a resettlement agency should not be banned. The decision upheld a ruling by a federal judge in Hawaii who found the administration's view too strict.

”Stated simply, the government does not offer a persuasive explanation for why a mother-in-law is clearly a bona fide relationship, in the Supreme Court's prior reasoning, but a grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or cousin is not," the ruling said.

The government interpreted such family relations to include immediate family members and in-laws, but not grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. The judge in Hawaii overruled that interpretation, expanding the definition of who can enter the country to the other categories of relatives.

The Hawaii judge also overruled the government's assertion that refugees from those countries should be banned even if a resettlement agency in the U.S. had agreed to take them in.

 

[MrSaturn99]

Haha, get fucked.

 

[mentallyinept]

Awesome

 

[Shauni]

It's going to get widdled down that even if the Supreme Court doesn't outright void it it'll be totally gutted. I still think they'll end up striking it down anyway though

 

[darthsontin]

What are the odds that Trump even remembers he had a travel ban?

 

[Username1198]

So much winning in the last few days !

 

[GameAddict411]

Hearing on the Travel ban in the Supreme Court of the United States will be in October which is not that far from now. Let's hope for a positive ruling.

 

[Human Resources]

 

[DogDude]

9th Circuit just got shut down in this case by the Supreme Court. Might be temporary thougg.

 

[benicillin]

9th Circuit just got shut down in this case by the Supreme Court. Might be temporary thougg.

You should provide more information:

In a one-page order signed by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court temporarily blocked the part of last week's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that barred the government from prohibiting refugees that have formal assurances from resettlement agencies or are in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program from entering the U.S.

Kennedy said that part of the decision is stayed pending the receipt of a response from the state of Hawaii. That response that is due by noon on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court's decision came less than two hours after Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall filed a request for a stay.

It looks like the government didn't even argue about the grandparents, etc. portion of the ruling, they just wanted the refugee part temporarily lifted.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Trump was due for a Twitter meltdown. Let's see if he can wait until after 9/11 is over.

 

[To Far Away Times]

Oh lordy, that's a bigly L.

 

[Skellig Gra]

round and around and around we go

 

[Samy]

Edit: oops didn't read, apologies