Trump’s second executive order on travel ban came into effect on March 6.
There is no respite for President Donald Trump when it comes to making the court understand that travel ban is essential for safeguarding the national security as the Federal judge of Hawaii Derrick Watson indefinitely extended the suspension on Trumps’ Executive Order on the travel ban.
Judge Watsons on Wednesday pronounced a ruling that bars Trump from slapping the travel ban on six Muslim countries while it is contested in court.
The US state has argued that the travel ban will make irreparable damage to the tourism sector and also will affect foreign students and workers.
Trump announced his second executive order on travel ban stating that it will prevent terrorists from stepping foot on American soil and help in safeguarding the national security.
The ruling was passed by Judge Watson after hearing the arguments of the attorneys representing the state of Hawaii and the US department of Justice.
Watson who earlier during the month announced a temporary restraining order to the travel ban now has escalated the order into a preliminary injunction that will have more serious implications than before.
Trump’s executive order on travel ban came into effect on March 6, placing people from six countries on a 90-day ban and also placed refugees on a 120-day ban.
This revised travel ban was issued after the first one issued in January was annulled by a Seattle court citing lack of substantial reason. It had sparked confusion and protests.
A slew of petitions has been filed in courts across the country questioning the merit of the travel ban. A Maryland judge had recently halted a part of the ban.
Despite the setbacks faced in courts, Trump is in no mood to give up on his executive order. He called the judgment as “unprecedented judicial overreach”, and confirmed that he will go “as far as it needs to go” to put the ban in effect.
The State Department of Justice is most likely to go to the next level – Ninth Circuit Court – to appeal against the order of the Hawaii judge. Interestingly, this is the same court that had backed the ruling of a Seattle court that banned the first travel ban issued in January.