US judge extends order against Trump travel ban

Los Angeles

THE judge who halted President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on refugees and arrivals from six mainly Muslim countries has extended his order, dealing another blow to the White House.

After a hearing lasting several hours, US District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii said on Wednesday that he had turned his original temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction.

Such an injunction generally has no set expiration date, said Hawaii state attorney-general Doug Chin, meaning Mr Trump will be barred from enforcing the ban while i…