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<\/p>\nGrandparents and other relatives of people living in the US cannot be barred from entering under President Trump’s travel ban, a judge has ruled.<\/p>\n
The order, by District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii, is a fresh legal blow to Mr Trump’s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n
The judge said the ban had interpreted a Supreme Court ruling too narrowly.<\/p>\n
That decision, made last month,\u00a0partly reinstated the ban\u00a0on refugees and travellers from six Muslim-majority countries.<\/p>\n
It said only those with\u00a0“bona fide” family ties\u00a0would be let into the US.<\/p>\n
But the Trump administration decided that did not include grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and cousins.<\/p>\n
Judge Watson, however, disagreed – and ordered that those restrictions should not be enforced.<\/p>\n
The judge condemned the government’s definition of a close relative as “unduly restrictive”.<\/p>\n
“Common sense, for instance, dictates that close family members be defined to include grandparents. Indeed, grandparents are the epitome of close family members”,” he wrote.<\/p>\n
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Mr Trump’s ban on travel to the US for people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen has been controversial since its announcement.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court is still considering the current version of the law, and allowed a temporary ban to come into effect in June pending their full judgement.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump says the restrictions are needed to keep America safe and prevent terror attacks.<\/p>\n
However, critics including states and refugee advocacy groups have said the ban discriminates against Muslims.<\/p>\n
An initial version of the ban, published in January, sparked mass protests at airports and a series of legal challenges that prevented its implementation.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump\u00a0drafted a new version in March, dropping Iraq from the list of countries, clarifying the position of “green card” holders, removing priority for “religious minorities” in mostly-Muslim countries, and softening a tough stance on Syrian refugees.<\/p>\n
But courts struck down the new version within days, with a Virginia court claiming it was “rooted in religious animus” toward Muslims.<\/p>\n
That prompted the Trump administration to go to the Supreme Court for a ruling, where conservatives hold a majority of five to four.<\/p>\n
The nation’s highest court allowed the ban to go ahead temporarily, until it makes a full decision in October.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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