Trump appeals block on travel ban

Government lawyers have appealed a federal judge's latest ruling blocking Donald Trump's revised travel ban.

File picture of US President Donald Trump.

File picture of US President Donald Trump. Source: AP

President Donald Trump's administration is appealing a Hawaii federal judge's latest ruling blocking his revised travel ban.

Government lawyers appealed on Thursday to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. It comes a day after US District Judge Derrick Watson issued a longer-lasting hold on key provisions of Trump's executive order.

The government says in court documents that the appeal also applies to a temporary order that Watson previously issued that halted the suspension of new visas for people from six Muslim-majority countries and a freeze on the US refugee program.

Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin says he expected the government to appeal.


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Published 31 March 2017 9:28pm
Source: AAP


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