Trump immigration orders dealt further blows by US judges
Decisions by Washington state and Virginia move issue closer to possible review by US Supreme Court
New York
PRESIDENT Donald Trump's attempt to close America's borders to citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries suffered another blow on Monday as judges on both coasts issued rulings that will make it even harder for the administration to rescue the beleaguered plan.
Together, the rulings mean that the administration may now have to start answering questions from state officials about whether Mr Trump's Jan 27 executive order was a veiled attempt to ban Muslims from the US. The decisions in cases brought by Washington state and Virginia came just four days after a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled against the administration, moving the entire issue a step closer to possible review by the US Supreme Court.
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