Court refuses to suspend Trump’s immigration suspension

Susannah Luthi for Politico a federal judge in Oregon refused to suspend President Donald Trump’s recent proclamation suspending admission of most lawful permanent residents.

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon, who ruled for plaintiffs in a suit over another presidential proclamation. That policy would deny visas to immigrants who cannot afford health insurance or foreseeable medical costs.  Judge Simon temporarily enjoined its implementation. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is reviewing that injunction.

The court found it stretch to connect the two policies, and that it was outside his authority to stop the proclamation suspending immigration because it might apply to some of the plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit. The court further refused to interfere with the president’s suspension of immigration.

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