A file photo of immigration activists, including members of the DC Justice for Muslims Coalition, rally against the Trump administration's new ban against travellers from six Muslim-majority nations, outside the US Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington, on March 7, 2017. – Reuters | Photo Credit: ERIC THAYER
The Trump administration today appealed a Maryland court’s block of its revised travel ban, aiming to reinstate the temporary halt to immigrants and visitor arrivals from six mainly Muslim countries.
The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal with the district court in Greenbelt, Maryland, two days after that court and one in Hawaii dealt a new blow to the White House’s travel ban, both ruling that it discriminated against Muslims.
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Published on March 18, 2017
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