Trump pushes back on claims that travel ban soon to expire

Source: Associated Press

By VIVIAN SALAMA

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing back on claims that President Donald Trump’s travel ban is soon set to expire amid an ongoing court battle.

The White House released a memorandum Wednesday declaring that the effective date of the president’s executive order banning travelers from six Muslim-majority countries “is delayed or tolled” until all relevant court injunctions “are lifted or stayed.”

Some critics of the travel ban have said that the policy’s 90-day halt to visitors from Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Libya is due to expire in mid-June, even though the ban itself has never taken effect.

The administration has argued that the clock doesn’t start until the policy can take effect.

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