Legal battles to test Trump visa ban

President Donald Trump's temporary immigration ban faced on Monday the first of several crucial legal hurdles that could determine whether he can push through the most controversial and far reaching policy of his first two weeks in office.On Monday, the government has a deadline to justify the executive order temporarily barring immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries and the entry of refugees after a federal judge in Seattle blocked it with a temporary restraining order on Friday.The uncertainty caused by a judge's stay of the ban has opened a window for travellers from the seven affected countries to enter the United States.Trump has reacted with attacks on the federal judge and then the wider court system which he blames for stymieing his efforts to restrict immigration.Democrats, meanwhile, sought to use Trump's attacks on the judiciary to raise questions about the independence of his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco over the weekend denied the Trump administration's request for an immediate stay of the federal judge's temporary restraining order that blocked nationwide the implementation of key parts of the travel ban.But the court said it would reconsider the government's request after receiving more information.The government has until 01:00 today to submit additional legal briefs to the appeals court justifying Trump's executive order. Following that the court is expected to act quickly, and a decision either way may ultimately result in the case reaching the US Supreme Court.Top technology giants, including Apple, Google and Microsoft banded together with nearly 100 companies on Sunday to file a legal brief opposing Trump's immigration ban, arguing that it “inflicts significant harm on American business.” Noting that “immigrants or their children founded more than 200 of the companies on the Fortune 500 list,” the brief said Trump's order “represents a significant departure from the principles of fairness and predictability that have governed the immigration system of the United States for more than 50 years.”The controversial executive order also “inflicts significant harm on American business, innovation, and growth as a result,” the brief added.Trump, who during his campaign called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, has repeatedly vowed to reinstate the 27 January travel ban on citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen and a 120-day bar on all refugees in the name of protecting the United States from Islamist militants.His critics have said the measures are discriminatory, unhelpful and legally dubious.NAMPA/REUTERS

Legal battles to test Trump visa ban

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