Federal judge partially blocks Trump's latest refugee restrictions

US District Judge James Robart, a federal judge in Seattle, partially blocked US President Donald Trump's latest restrictions on refugee admissions on Saturday.

By :  migrator
Update: 2017-12-24 06:06 GMT

Washington

Robart said the refugee restrictions could not apply to refugees with "bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States."

In late October, the Trump administration effectively paused refugee admissions from 11 countries mostly in the Middle East and Africa, pending a 90-day security review.

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