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The Department of State today revoked the suspension of nearly 60,000 visas after a US judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order last week banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering America.
The State Department said the provisional revocation of visas under Trump’s executive order has been reversed, and individuals with visas affected the executive action may now travel if the visa remains otherwise valid, the State Department said.
The Department of Homeland Security has also stopped implementing key parts of the immigration order that a US judge in Washington State put under a temporary restraining order Friday, it said.
The move from the two departments comes pending an appeal by the Trump administration against the order of a federal judge in Seattle who halted key provisions of the executive orders that banned immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.
The US Department of Justice has appealed against the suspension of President Trump’s travel ban on people from seven mainly Muslim nations by a federal judge in Washington state. The move seeks to reverse Friday’s court ruling. The Justice Department is expected to quickly argue in court to reverse a restraining order made by Judge James Robart in Seattle late on Friday.
The judge appointed by former President George W Bush questioned the constitutionality of Trump’s order. Mr Trump’s ban last week led to mass protests and confusion at US airports.