Trump immigration order restricted by more U.S. judges

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Yahoo News:

(Reuters) - U.S. judges in at least four states blocked federal authorities from enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.

 

Judges in Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington state, each home to major international airports, issued their rulings late Saturday or early Sunday, following an order on Saturday night by U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in New York's Brooklyn borough.

 

Donnelly had ruled in a lawsuit by two men from Iraq being held at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

 

While none of the rulings struck down the executive order, the growing number of orders could complicate the administration's effort to enforce it.

 

Trump's order on Friday halted immigration from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, and stopped the resettlement of refugees for 120 days. The new Republican president said these actions were needed "to protect the American people from terrorist attacks by foreign nationals admitted to the United States."

 

Condemnation of the order was swift and broad-based. Democratic politicians and civil rights groups weighed in, as well as U.S. allies who view the actions as discriminatory and divisive.

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Overreach, or overreaction?