A federal judge in Los Angeles issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday night against the enforcement of President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order.
Judge André Birotte Jr. ruled that Trump’s immigration order posed a likelihood of “irreparable harm” against 28 plaintiffs, including both U.S. citizens and their relatives who had received visas to immigrate to the country, the Sacramento Bee noted. The order allows dozens of Yemeni travelers stuck in Djibouti to travel to the United States.
In his ruling, Birotte extended the restraining order to protect “any other person from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen with a valid immigrant visa” from U.S. officials tasked with enforcing Trump’s order.
The executive order, which Trump signed Friday, temporarily suspended America’s refugee program—and indefinitely suspended it for Syrian refugees—while also temporarily barring immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Birotte’s order echoes similar rulings issued over the weekend by federal judges in New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced Wednesday that Trump’s immigration order had been changed to exclude green card holders—a narrower category than those with immigrant visas.
Thank you Judge André Birotte Jr., we will need many more people like you in the days to come.
In the meantime, for what it’s worth, we have your back in any way we can.
Uh oh. Stuff just got real.
Will be interesting to see how this plays out
Fake judge. Just sad. Make America Great Again!!!
Did they remove the Judicial Branch from the White House website again?
President Bannon has forgotten that international travel into the USA largely occurs in big cities where the rule of law still is in force. Judges in these places will not be afraid to apply the law. Vice-President Trump? Not sure what he thinks, he’s not in charge.