Trump Slams ‘So-Called’ Judge on Travel as State Lifts Visa Ban
- White House says it will file an emergency appeal of ruling
- Schumer says Trump has ‘disdain’ for independent judiciary
Demonstrators hold signs and chant in Boston’s Copley Square protesting President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations on Jan. 29, 2017.
Photographer: Scott Eisen/BloombergPresident Donald Trump slammed the federal judge who temporarily ended U.S. immigration restrictions made in his executive order a week ago, vowing that the decision in a case involving Washington and Minnesota will be reversed.
The State Department will allow individuals with valid visas to travel to the U.S. and the Department of Homeland Security has reverted to procedures in place before the Jan. 27 White House order, after U.S. District Judge James Robart’s ruling lifted the ban on all refugees and on visa holders from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Also, the State Department has reversed the provisional revocation of about 60,000 visas made under Trump’s executive order.