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U.S. judge asked to expand order blocking Iraqis' deportation

EghtesadOnline: The American Civil Liberties Union asked a U.S. judge on Saturday to expand an order that temporarily blocks the deportation of 114 Iraqis in Michigan, to cover Iraqis nationwide, according to a court filing.
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Publish Date:25/June/2017 | 07:43

U.S. judge blocks Trump order to restrict funding for 'sanctuary cities'

EghtesadOnline: A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order that sought to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities, dealing another legal blow to the administration's efforts to toughen immigration enforcement.
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Publish Date:26/April/2017 | 06:16

U.S. states realign in legal battle over Trump's travel ban

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump's travel ban on citizens of six Muslim-majority nations faces its second challenge at a U.S. appeals court next month, and this time more Republican states are backing the measure, while one Democratic state attorney general dropped out of the legal fight this week.
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Publish Date:22/April/2017 | 05:37

Iranian-Americans challenge US travel ban in court

EghtesadOnline: Iranian-Americans are set to present in-person testimonies in a case against US President Donald Trump’s contentious executive order banning travel from six Muslim-majority countries.
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Publish Date:18/April/2017 | 13:29

Turkish Banker Is Indicted by U.S. in Iran Sanctions Case

EghtesdaOnline: The case against a Turkish banker arrested at a New York airport last week moved a step closer to a trial after a U.S. grand jury accused him of conspiring to help Iran launder money through the U.S. financial system.
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Publish Date:08/April/2017 | 04:30

Massachusetts top court to hear case on illegal immigrant detention

EghtesadOnline: Massachusetts' top court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday on whether state authorities can detain illegal immigrants who come in contact with the legal system to buy time for federal authorities to take them into custody.
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Publish Date:04/April/2017 | 24:40

Virginia Judge Tees Up Travel Ban Argument for Top Court

EghtesadOnline: A Virginia judge helped tee up an argument likely to be fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict travel to the U.S. from six predominantly Muslim countries.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 04:52

Families of 9/11 victims sue S. Arabia: Media reports

EghtesadOnline: Families of victims and hundreds of individuals who suffered injuries as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks sued Saudi Arabia in a US court , asking Riyadh to pay compensation to the victims of the of such attacks, it was reported early on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 09:53

Supreme Court reins in president's appointment powers

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday put new restrictions on presidential powers, limiting a president's authority to staff certain top government posts in a case involving an appointment to the National Labor Relations Board.
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Publish Date:22/March/2017 | 06:35

Courts to hear arguments challenging Trump's new travel ban

EghtesadOnline: Court hearings in Hawaii and Maryland on Wednesday could decide the immediate fate of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, which is set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) on Thursday.
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Publish Date:15/March/2017 | 14:46

Maryland to join other states in court challenge to Trump's travel ban

EghtesadOnline: Maryland became the latest state to join in legal challenges against President Donald Trump's revised temporary travel ban on Friday, with its attorney general saying it would join a lawsuit brought by Washington and other states.
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Publish Date:11/March/2017 | 24:10

Trump's new travel ban raises bar for legal challenges

EghtesadOnline: The new, more narrowly tailored temporary travel ban President Donald Trump signed on Monday will be more difficult to challenge successfully in court, legal experts said.
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Publish Date:07/March/2017 | 14:03

Trump to replace travel ban order in near future

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump will replace his executive order suspending travel from seven Muslim-majority countries "in the near future," according to a Justice Department court filing on Thursday.
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Publish Date:16/February/2017 | 21:10

Court's Message to Trump: We Won't Back Down

EghtesadOnline: The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upholding a nationwide freeze on Donald Trump’s immigration executive order is a powerful rebuff to the administration -- and to the president personally.
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Publish Date:10/February/2017 | 11:43

For Trump Travel Ban, Hard Questions From a U.S. Appeals Court

EghtesadOnline: It was, by any measure, high legal drama: For just over an hour, appeals court judges sharply questioned the lawyer defending President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
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Publish Date:08/February/2017 | 08:18

U.S. court to hear arguments Tuesday on Trump's travel ban

EghtesadOnline: A U.S. federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday over whether to restore President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the most controversial policy of his two-week old administration.
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Publish Date:07/February/2017 | 05:08

Trump steps up attack on judge, court system over travel ban

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump on Sunday ramped up his criticism of a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations and said courts were making U.S. border security harder, intensifying the first major legal battle of his presidency.
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Publish Date:06/February/2017 | 06:22