The Supreme Court on July 19 weighed in again on President Trump’s travel ban, “saying the government for now may enforce tight restrictions on refugees but also must make it easier for people from six mostly Muslim countries to enter the United States” (Washington Post, July 19, 2017).
The court’s ruling allows grandparents and other relatives of American residents to come while legal challenges to the Trump administration’s travel ban move forward.
The White House had appealed a recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson “that required the government to allow in refugees formally working with a resettlement agency in the United States. Watson also vastly expanded the family relations that refugees and visitors can use to get into the country” (Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2017). The Supreme court blocked Watson’s order as it applies to refugees, but not the expanded list of relatives, the Los Angeles Times noted.
The Immigration and Refugee News Digest 