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A protester holds a sign reading "No Ban, No Wall" at a protest against President Donald Trump's travel ban.

A judge in Hawaii has ruled grandparents are exempt from Trump’s travel ban

Global Politics

Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii ruled Thursday that grandparents and some other relatives of people in the US should be exempt from the Trump administration’s controversial travel ban, saying the terms of the ban as enforced defied common sense.

Demonstrators rallied against the Trump administration's new ban on new refugees and against travelers from six Muslim-majority nations, outside the White House in Washington on March 6.

A judge in Hawaii just blocked Trump’s revamped immigration order

Global Politics
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