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US judge extends order against Trump travel ban

He turns his original temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction, which has no set expiration date

Published Thu, Mar 30, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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.

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