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Judge says Trump administration can’t use travel ban to keep 80 refugees out of the US
UNITED STATES, JUL 15 – A federal judge ruled that 80 refugees previously vetted and blocked by the travel ban must be admitted, with 160 refugees already approved to enter, court documents show.
- A federal judge in Seattle blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its June travel ban to prevent 80 refugees, who had already been vetted, from entering the United States.
- The core issue arose after President Trump suspended the nation's refugee admissions program on January 20, leaving thousands of refugees stranded worldwide.
- Whitehead ruled that the June travel ban does not apply to refugees and ordered immediate resumption of processing for the 80 refugees, noting the vetting framework he set.
- He noted that the Proclamation clearly does not apply to refugees and described the suspension as overriding Congress’s authority, since the refugee admissions program was established and funded by legislative action.
- The ruling suggests refugees must be allowed to seek status despite the travel ban, but the 9th U.S. Circuit later put most of Whitehead's decision on hold in March.
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