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Judge halts implementation of Trump’s immigration order

Posted at 10:24 PM, Jan 28, 2017
and last updated 2017-01-29 00:03:46-05

WASHINGTON — A federal judge granted an emergency stay Saturday night for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries who have already arrived in the US and those who are in transit, and who hold valid visas, ruling they can legally enter the US — a decision that halts President Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens from those countries from entering the US for the next 90 days.