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Mr Trump’s travel ban has led to protests
A US appeals court has upheld a decision blocking President Trump’s revised “travel ban” on people from six mainly Muslim nations.
A lower court had issued the injunction on the grounds that the ban was discriminatory after a challenge by the state of Hawaii.
The 90-day ban was to apply to people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
It also called for a 120-day ban on all refugees.
The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was reviewing a March ruling by a Hawaii-based federal judge that blocked parts of Mr Trump’s order.
It followed another ruling in May by a different court, the Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, that upheld a Maryland judge’s ruling that also blocked parts of Mr Trump’s revised ban.
Earlier this month the Trump administration filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court to block the Hawaii and Richmond rulings and revive the ban.
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