(Brennan Linsley/AP)A ruling by a federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked the enforcement of President Trump’s travel ban. Trump’s executive order called for temporarily barring refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority counties from entering the United States. [Opposition to Trump travel ban grows as key court decision looms]On Sunday, two appeals court judges on the West Coast declined to immediately restore the ban, but they asked to hear more arguments. If Trump’s ban were to be immediately reinstated, that might spark chaos similar to what occurred when it was first rolled out. But civil liberties advocates counter that the executive order essentially amounts to a discriminatory ban on Muslims that has no real national security purpose.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2017 17:59 UTC