Honolulu: In another setback for US President Donald Trump, a federal judge in Hawaii has further weakened his already diluted travel ban by vastly expanding the list of family relationships with US citizens that visa applicants can use to get into the US. The ruling is the latest piece of pushback in the fierce fight set off by the ban Trump first attempted in January. It will culminate with arguments in front of the US Supreme Court in October. “Common sense, for instance, dictates that close family members be defined to include grandparents,” Watson said in his ruling. A relationship created for purposes of avoiding the travel ban would not be acceptable, the justices said.

Source: Mint July 14, 2017 08:48 UTC