A federal judge in Los Angeles has added another legal ruling against the President Trump's controversial suspension of travel from a group of predominantly Muslim countries, issuing an emergency order which forbids government officials from enforcing many of the new rules.
On 31st January, 2017, Tuesday night, using sweeping, unambiguous language, U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. granted a temporary restraining order against the executive order of Trump signed late last week.
Birotte's ruling came in a case hastily filed on Tuesday on behalf of 28 Yemeni-born people. The group consists of United States citizens living here and the family members who remained behind in Yemen but had received immigrant visas to come to the U.S., according to the court filings.
Finding that plaintiffs stand in a good chance of prevailing when the case is heard in court and are "likely to suffer irreparable harm" if he did not act, Birotte instructed that the plaintiffs be allowed to enter into the U.S.
Birotte, however, went further, granting a request from the plaintiffs lawyers that his ruling be applied to anyone trying to enter the U.S. with a valid immigrant visa from the seven countries included in Trump's ban.
Birotte's order did not address the people who are trying to enter the country as refugees or on non-immigrant visas, such as tourists or students.Birotte instructed the government officials to file written arguments in coming days and appear at Feb. 10 hearing.
By Mrudula.
