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Law360 (April 25, 2018, 4:37 PM EDT) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over the third version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, with the justices appearing skeptical of the state of Hawaii’s assertion that the president overstepped his statutory immigration powers.

U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco asserted that the scope of the policy fell well within the president’s broad authority under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, also known as 1182(f) of the U.S. Code, which allows the president to “suspend

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The United States Supreme Court agreed Friday to review whether the third iteration of the Trump administration’s ban on travel to the U.S. by nationals of several predominantly Muslim countries is unconstitutional and violates federal immigration law.
The high court agreed to review whether the bid to impose a variety of travel restrictions for nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen and Somalia is the result of either an exhaustive, security-based review process by various government agencies, as the federal government contends, or

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

September 24, 2017

Presidential Proclamation Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats

ENHANCING VETTING CAPABILITIES AND PROCESSES FOR DETECTING ATTEMPTED ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES BY TERRORISTS OR OTHER PUBLIC-SAFETY THREATS

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

In Executive Order 13780 of March 6, 2017 (Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United

BREAKING: Judge Mostly Blocks Trump’s 3rd Travel Ban

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Law360, New York (October 17, 2017, 3:24 PM EDT) — A Hawaii federal judge on Tuesday largely blocked the Trump administration’s third travel ban, issuing the order not long before some of the restrictions were set to take effect on Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from implementing travel restrictions for nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia. The restrictions for North Korea and Venezuela were not affected, however.

Share us on: By Allissa Wickham

Law360, New York (September 5, 2017, 9:01 PM EDT) — With the Trump administration deciding to phase out DACA, a deportation relief program for young immigrants, thousands of people are set to eventually lose removal protection and work authorization. Here’s what to know about the staggered DACA termination and what states plan to do about it.

Facing a potential legal challenge from several states over the program, the Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will terminate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which gives deportation protection and

Share us on: By Stewart Bishop

Law360, New York (August 31, 2017, 7:04 PM EDT) — President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to contact travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries who were excluded from the U.S. due to his first executive travel ban order and advise them of their right to reapply for admission under the terms of a settlement announced on Thursday.

The deal brings an end to a proposed class action filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the International Refugee Assistance Project and other groups in response to Trump’s Jan.

The bipartisan Dream Act of 2017 was just introduced by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) in the U.S. Senate. The bill provides legal status, as well as a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrant youth who entered the United States before the age of 18.

The Dream Act, if passed into law, will allow young immigrants who have called the United States home for most of their lives to begin to realize their full potential and know the sense of security that comes with living with documentation.

The Dream

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Law360, New York (July 19, 2017, 2:17 PM EDT) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the government’s bid to include grandparents and other relatives in its travel ban, dealing a setback to the Trump administration on its travel restriction policy.

In a brief order, the Supreme Court denied the Trump administration’s motion for “clarification,” which asked the justices to find the government had correctly interpreted close family relationships to exclude relatives like grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Previously in June,

Release Date:

June 29, 2017

Q1. Who is subject to the suspension of entry under the Executive Order?

Per the Executive Order and the June 14 Presidential Memorandum, the temporary suspension of entry applies, with limited exceptions, only to foreign nationals from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen, who are outside the United States as of June 26, 2017, who did not have a valid visa at 5 p.m. EST on January 27, 2017, and who do not have a valid visa as on 8:00 p.m. EDT on June 29, 2017. Further,

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Departments of State and Justice, will begin the implementation of certain travel restriction provisions in the President’s Executive Order: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States at8 pm EDT today.

Per the Executive Order and the associated June 14 Presidential Memorandum, the temporary suspension of entry applies, with limited exceptions, only to foreign nationals from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen, who are outside the United States as of June 26, who did not have