An activist shows his support for refugees at Los Angeles International Airport hours before the travel ban went into effect on June 29. Refugee resettlement agencies say the State Department has given them updated instructions on President Trump's travel ban that extends the cutoff date for refugee admissions. When the ban was put into place last week, the administration said refugees who had booked travel would be admitted through Thursday. HIAS is among several refugee resettlement groups that have challenged the ban, which blocks travel from six Muslim-majority countries for 90 days and suspends refugee admissions from everywhere for 120 days. Immigrant and refugee groups are challenging the definitions in a Honolulu federal district court, saying the administration is violating the Supreme Court's orders.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 06, 2017 02:06 UTC