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US will help people barred by first Trump travel ban to reapply for visas
Source: Associated Press
US will help people barred by first Trump travel ban to reapply for visas
Associated Press
Friday 1 September 2017 15.12 BST
Foreigners who were barred from entering the US during Donald Trump’s first attempt to ban travel from seven Muslim-majority countries will get government help reapplying for visas under a lawsuit settlement reached on Thursday.
Civil rights lawyers and the Trump administration announced the deal during a conference call in federal court in Brooklyn, one scene of the legal battle over the treatment of hundreds of travelers who were processed at US airports over a chaotic weekend in January.
Under the terms of the settlement, the government agreed to notify an unspecified number of people overseas who were banned that they can reapply for visas with the help of a Department of Justice (DoJ) liaison for a three-month period. In return, the plaintiffs said they would drop all their claims.
“We are pleased with the settlement and that this chapter in the fight is done,” said Lee Gerlent, an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney.
Gerlent said it was unclear how many people would benefit from the settlement because the government has refused to disclose the total.
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Associated Press
Friday 1 September 2017 15.12 BST
Foreigners who were barred from entering the US during Donald Trump’s first attempt to ban travel from seven Muslim-majority countries will get government help reapplying for visas under a lawsuit settlement reached on Thursday.
Civil rights lawyers and the Trump administration announced the deal during a conference call in federal court in Brooklyn, one scene of the legal battle over the treatment of hundreds of travelers who were processed at US airports over a chaotic weekend in January.
Under the terms of the settlement, the government agreed to notify an unspecified number of people overseas who were banned that they can reapply for visas with the help of a Department of Justice (DoJ) liaison for a three-month period. In return, the plaintiffs said they would drop all their claims.
“We are pleased with the settlement and that this chapter in the fight is done,” said Lee Gerlent, an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney.
Gerlent said it was unclear how many people would benefit from the settlement because the government has refused to disclose the total.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/01/trump-travel-ban-lawsuit-settlement-reapply-visas
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