Gen. Bob Ferguson said Thursday that the state would take President Trump to court to block enforcement of of his new, revamped travel order pausing refugee resettlement and travel from six majority-Muslim countries. Washington state's lawsuit against the first travel ban led a Seattle federal court judge to order a national halt to the executive order, which had caused chaos at airports around the country and led to the cancelation of 60,000 travel visas. The states follow Hawaii, which filed a complaint in a Honolulu federal court against the revised travel ban on Wednesday. The state's new complaint amends its initial challenge to an earlier, more comprehensive travel ban issued by the Trump administration in January. The Department of Justice has argued in federal court filings this week that several court orders calling for a halt to the first ban do not apply to the new one.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 09, 2017 19:56 UTC