Meet the rookie federal judge who halted Trump's refugee deportations - to save a SyrianUS judge Ann Donnelly has temporarily blocked Trump's immigration ban on those from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Ann M. Donnelly waited half a year for her chance to convince the US Senate that she'd make a good federal judge. supplied US federal Judge Ann Donnelly granted the stay on deportations. READ MORE:* Donald Trump's Muslim ban has no place in NZ* Judge grants stay on Donald Trump's US refugee ban* Mike Pence flips views on refugees, applauds Donald Trump's banKATE MUNSCH/REUTERS Demonstrators yell slogans during anti-Donald Trump immigration ban protests inside Terminal 4 at San Francisco International Airport. And as families filtered out into the cities, the name of a federal judge they'd never heard of was in headlines across the globe.

Source: Stuff January 30, 2017 00:17 UTC