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A federal appeals court onThursdaydenied the Trump administration’s request to block more travelersfrom six Muslim-majority nations and permitted all vetted refugees to be admitted. The decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals could significantly decrease the number of people stopped from traveling to the U.S. under President Trump’s travel ban. The ban currently halts nearly all refugee resettlement and travel by foreign nationals from six mostly Muslim countries unless they have close connections in the U.S.
And here's the argument that won the appeal:
“It is hard to see how a grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, sibling-in-law, or cousin can be considered to have no bona fide relationship with their relative in the United States,” the court said.
This now goes to SCOTUS, but for right now, families will be together.
Appeals court rules against Trump administration, relaxing travel ban restrictions again - LA Times