Trump’s travel ban hits roadblock again

Washington, October 18 

A US federal judge has barred the White House from implementing yet another version of Donald Trump’s controversial executive order on immigration, hours before it was due to go into full effect.

The decision by US District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii marks the latest blow to Trump’s long-running efforts to restrict entry of travellers from targeted countries into the US.

Watson said the third rendition of the travel ban — covering people from six mainly Muslim countries, as well as North Korea and some officials from Venezuela — could not be justified under law.

The ruling means the Trump administration could again ask the Supreme Court to decide whether his immigration orders are legal. The newest order was announced last month to replace an expiring 90-day temporary ban on travellers from the six Muslim-majority nations. — AFP