Supreme Court Allows Trump Travel Ban to Take Effect

The New York Times’s Adam Liptak reports, “The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the third version of the Trump administration’s travel ban to go into effect while legal challenges against it continue.” The ban blocks travel from eight countries, six of which are largely Muslim: Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad, North Korea, and Venezuela. Liptak adds, “The restrictions vary in their details, but in most cases, citizens of the countries will be unable to emigrate to the United States permanently and many will be barred from working, studying or vacationing here.”

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