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Trump Administration Issues Travel Ban for Certain Countries; Courts Issue Injunctions (January 27, 2017)
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By: Eric A. Heath | February 10, 2017 - 11:59am
On January 27, 2017, the President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning entry into the U.S. for nationals from seven countries with Muslim-majority populations for ninety days. According to reports, multiple courts throughout the U.S. issued provisional orders halting implementation of the travel ban for those on their way to the U.S. or already on U.S. soil. Cases will proceed in the courts that issued that injunctions in the coming weeks, and the government can appeal the orders. ASIL President Lucinda Lowe made a public statement regarding the executive order, which is available here.