Victory For Trump As Supreme Court Allows Parts Of His Travel Ban On 6 Muslim Nations To Take Effect

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump after it announced that it is allowing parts of his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees to go into effect and that it will hear arguments in the case and decide its legality in October.

In allowing parts of Trump’s executive order to take effect, the apex court has narrowed the scope of lower court rulings that had completely blocked his March 6 executive order that Trump had said was needed to prevent terrorism in the United States, allowing his temporary ban to go into effect for people with no strong ties such as family or business to the United States.

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In a statement, Trump called the high court’s action “a clear victory for our national security,” saying the justices allowed the travel suspension to become largely effective.

“As president, I cannot allow people into our country who want to do us harm. I want people who can love the United States and all of its citizens, and who will be hardworking and productive,” Trump added.

The lower courts that had blocked the order said it violated federal immigration law and was discriminatory against Muslims in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Critics called it a “Muslim ban.”

However, the Supreme Court is allowing implementation of the temporary ban on entry into the U.S. of citizens of six Muslim-majority nations, but with an exception for people who have what the court called “any bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.”

The justices said that the travel ban will go into effect “with respect to foreign nationals who lack any bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.”

That means people from the six countries and refugees with no such ties would be barred from entry.

The Supreme Court’s decision nonetheless marks a win for the Republican leader, who has insisted the ban is necessary for national security, despite criticism that it singles out Muslims in violation of the US constitution.

Recall, Trump’s revised measure, announced in March, seeks to bar from US entry travelers from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, as well as suspend the entry of refugees for 120 days.

The original measure, issued by executive order in January and almost immediately blocked by the courts, also included Iraq on the list of targeted countries and had imposed an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees.

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