Several petitions have been filed in the US courts questioning the merit of the travel ban
The first international tour of newly elected President Donald Trump is turning out to be less interesting and more frustrating as another court order on travel ban goes against his ambitions.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the ruling of the Hawaii lower court that put a lid on Trump’s infamous executive order on travel ban for people traveling from six predominantly Muslim nations.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, while speaking to the media after the court debacle, said that the administration will move to the Supreme Court.
According to the Hawaii court verdict, Trump administration’s effort to ban entry of people from the six foreign nations is completely biased and discriminatory.
The administration was forced to sign the second executive order after a Seattle court annulled it citing lack of substantial reasons. It had sparked confusion and protests.
Several petitions have been filed in the courts across the country questioning the merit of the travel ban.
The second Executive Order on travel ban excluded Iraq from the list of countries facing the ban. Furthermore, it allowed the green card holders, permanent US residents, and immigrants who already have a US visa, to travel abroad, without restrictions.
As per the news coming in from different quarters, Trump has lost his cool and has cancelled his proposed speech in the Israeli parliament.
“A proposal that Donald Trump would speak before the Knesset during his visit to Israel was scrapped over fears that the American president would be interrupted and heckled by some lawmakers,” read an Associated Press report quoting Israel’s parliament speaker.
In yet another embarrassment for Trump, the British authorities are in furor after the top secret intelligence reports on the Manchester Arena bombing, which was shared with the US agencies, got leaked to the US press. The British authorities have warned that they would stop sharing information with the United States in the future.
British Prime Minister Theresa May, who will be meeting Trump later at the NATO Summit in Brussels, said she will take up the issue seriously when she meets the US President.
Apparently, Trump has asked the US Department of Justice to nab the “black sheep” before the meeting and “prosecute the person to the fullest extent of the law,” which is seen as a definite face-saving measure.