U.S. Court blocks Trump from railroading anti-immigration law

U.S. President Donald Trump’s railroading of “America First” stopped for a while, thanks to the three separation of legal, administrative, and judicial powers based on “check and balance.”　

On Friday (local time), Judge James Robart of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled a national order to temporarily restrain President Trump’s executive order, which stopped entering and issuing visas for seven Islamic states passport holders. The ruling came in four days since the Washington State petitioned for preliminary injunction on suspension of execution on the controversial travel ban.　

As a result, the Trump administration, which had suspended the executive order announced on Jan. 27, has permitted the entrance of seven Muslim dominated nations. As the main acting body of executive orders, the Department of Homeland Security officially announced on Saturday that all measures taken under the executive order is suspended. Under the announcement, the U.S. department turned back its nullification of U.S. visas granted to around 100,000 from the seven Islamic states. Furthermore, other nations including Egypt also lifted ban on shutting doors on those from the seven Muslim dominated nations entering the U.S.

The U.S. Justice Department on Saturday immediately filed notice of its appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals under the name of President Trump. On this day, the U.S. president assaulted the Court’s decision on Tweeter, saying that “Because the ban was lifted by a judge, many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. A terrible decision.”

Seung-Heon Lee ddr@donga.com