The Latest: DOJ acts to appeal ruling lifting travel ban
The Justice Department is asking a federal appeals court to set aside a judge's order that temporarily blocked the Trump administration's travel ban.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge James Robart temporarily halted a Trump administration executive order that suspended America's refugee program and halted immigration to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries affected by President Donald Trump's travel ban are hurrying to board U.S.-bound flights following a federal judge's order temporarily blocking the ban.
On Saturday night, the Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to set aside a judge's order that temporarily blocked the Trump administration's travel ban.
Vice President Mike Pence says he doesn't believe President Donald Trump's reference to the "so-called judge" who ordered a stay of his refugee and immigration ban undermines the separation of powers in the Constitution.
Activist Cathy Renna says LGBT Americans have been deeply affected by what she calls "the horrible things Trump has been doing" because their community includes gay Muslim men, immigrants and women hurt by rollbacks on reproductive rights.
Some airlines are honoring the temporary halt on President Donald Trump's travel ban but some immigrants are still having trouble boarding planes to the United States.
A Somali refugee says about 140 refugees whose resettlement in the United States was blocked by President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration have been sent back to their refugee camp.
The Homeland Security Department says it's no longer directing airlines to prevent visa-holders affected by President Donald Trump's executive order from boarding U.S.-bound planes.
The two departments have not suspended enforcement of the president's order as the administration promises a legal appeal to the judge's ruling.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says his company is buying plane tickets for stranded drivers now that a federal judge has put a hold on President Trump's ban on travel to the United States by migrants from seven Muslim-majority countries.
The State Department says it's reversed the cancellations of visas for foreigners after a federal judge put on hold President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration.
Seventy-two Iranian professors in Sharif University of Technology, one of the most reliable universities in Iran, have requested in a letter to the Iranian government to react in a different way to Trump's "improper action" on the visa ban.
Dubai-based Emirates said in a statement Saturday that under the direction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen holding valid visas or green cards could fly to the U.S. It says all refugees with visas would also be allowed to fly.
An Iraqi official at Baghdad international airport says the travel terminal was particularly crowded Saturday following news that U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban on Iraqis and six other majority Muslim nations was blocked by a federal judge's ruling.
Iraqi member of parliament Ibrahim Bahr Uloom praised the U.S. judge who ruled against Trump's ban and admonished the Iraqi leaders who were unable to achieve the same ends through diplomatic channels.
In Egypt, Cairo airport and airlines officials say they have received instructions from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend President Trump's executive order to ban travel to the United States by migrants from seven Muslim-majority countries:
President Donald Trump isn't happy that a federal judge has put on hold his executive order that applies to refugees and people from seven predominantly Muslim countries who want to enter the United States.
U.S. border officials stationed in Abu Dhabi carry out passport and customs screenings before passengers board U.S.-bound flights under an existing pre-screening program.
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad says they are still awaiting guidance following news of a court order blocking President Trump's ban on travelers from Iraq and six other predominantly Muslim countries.
Iraq's government spokesman says the prime minister's office is also waiting for the "official position of the U.S. administration."
In a largely symbolic move, the Iraqi parliament called for a reciprocity measure last week increasing pressure on the country's government as it attempts to balance Iraq's alliance with the U.S. and powerful Iraqi political blocks with close ties to Iran.
Qatar Airways has issued an advisory to passengers saying citizens of the seven Muslim-majority countries previously barred from entry who hold a valid U.S. visa or green card will be allowed to travel to the U.S.
Foreign airlines operating in Iran have instructed travel agencies not to sell U.S.-bound flight tickets to Iranians holding U.S. visas in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order banning visas for seven Muslim countries, including Iran.
The move comes even though a U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked the ban, siding with two states that urged a nationwide hold on the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country.
In Tehran, the Kowsar travel agency told The Associated Press they had been instructed by foreign airlines not to sell tickets to Iranians with visas to enter the U.S.