L.A. federal judge orders a temporary halt to part of Trump's travel ban

[struggle4progress]

Joel Rubin

A federal judge in Los Angeles has added another legal ruling against President Trump’s controversial suspension of travel from a group of predominantly Muslim countries, issuing an emergency order that forbids government officials from enforcing many of the new rules.

Using sweeping, unambiguous language, U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. on Tuesday night granted a temporary restraining order against the executive order Trump signed late last week ...

Finding that the plaintiffs stand a good chance of prevailing when the case is heard in court and are “likely to suffer irreparable harm” if he didn’t act, Birotte instructed that the plaintiffs be allowed entry into the U.S.

Birotte, however, went further, granting a request from the plaintiffs’ lawyers that his ruling be applied to anyone trying to enter the U.S. on a valid immigrant visa from the seven countries included in Trump’s ban ...

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-federal-order-travel-ban-20170201-story.html

[Calista241]

1. So they have to have a valid immigrant visa. Somehow I bet Trump and Tillerson can figure out a

way to stop those from being issued.

[Watalapan]

2. He will say

The judge is a Mexican rapist

[ProudLib72]

3. Can someone tell me

what the "temporary" in the temporary halt actually means? Does it mean the ban is on hold until it goes under review? Under review by whom, the SCOTUS? Is there some time limit for "temporary" or could it last for years?