The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department said Saturday they would stop enforcing key provisions of President Donald Trump’s travel ban after a federal judge temporarily blocked the executive order. The State Department said it has reversed its revocation of approximately 60,000 visas for people from seven predominately Muslim countries. DHS said it “suspended any and all actions implementing the affected sections of the Executive Order.” Those actions include flagging travelers from the affected countries. “We have reversed the provisional revocation of visas,” the State Department said in a statement. U.S. District Judge James Robart of Seattle, appointed by President George W. Bush, issued a temporary restraining order on Friday in a challenge to Trump’s order filed by Washington state and later by Minnesota.
Source: Huffington Post February 04, 2017 18:56 UTC