Virginia Adds Another Challenge to Trump Immigration Order, Asks Federal Judge for Injunction
Source: ABC News
Feb 10, 2017, 3:58 PM ET
Today, Virginia’s Solicitor General, Stuart Raphael, asked a federal judge to issue a nationwide preliminary injunction on President Trump’s executive order on immigration. Raphael argued it is important that "immigration law be uniform."
Judge Leonie Brinkema, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, said a decision could "not be written overnight" given the nationwide TRO, or temporary restraining order.
Attorneys for the state of Virginia challenged the constitutionality of the executive order and said there is "overwhelming evidence" that the executive order "resulted from animus toward Muslims." In court documents, Virginia also said the state, its residents and its public universities would be harmed by the order.
For example, they said university students and faculty from countries named in the executive order who are in the U.S. on work or student visas can’t leave the country for fear of not being allowed back in.
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