On 6/26/17, the Supreme Court granted certiorari, consolidated the 4th and 9th Circuit cases, partially lifted the lower court injunctions, permitting the government to ban U.S. travel by those nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen who do not have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity
Travel Ban Revisited: New Executive Order Targets Only 6 Countries
The Trump Administration issued a revised Executive Order on travel with an apparent desire to survive a court challenge by modifying some of the elements that judges found troubling in the January 27 travel ban.
Issued March 6, the new ban, captioned “Executive
Travel Ban Lifted: Court Grants Nationwide Temporary Restraining Order on Trump’s Executive Order
On February 3, 2017, a Seattle federal court judge granted Washington State and Minnesota’s emergency motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in its challenge to President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) on “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals.”
In accordance with the court ruling, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has
Visa Waiver Program Changes – Certain Individuals No Longer Eligible
On January 21, 2016 The Department of Homeland Security and The Department of State jointly issued a statement that the United States began implementing changes under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, where travelers in certain categories are no longer eligible to travel or be admitted to the United