This time help for refugees comes from Hawaii
Source: BBC
A Federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, hours before it was due to begin at midnight on Thursday.
The ruling by US District Judge Derrick Watson stops the executive order from going into effect.
Hawaii is one of several US states trying to stop the ban.
The directive would have placed a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a 120-day ban on refugees.
President Trump said it would stop terrorists from entering the US but critics say it is discriminatory.
Lawyers in Hawaii had argued that the ban would violate the US constitution by discriminating against people on the grounds of their national origin.
An earlier version of the president’s order, issued in late January, sparked confusion and protests, and was blocked by a judge in Seattle.
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