Immigration Ban Lifted

President Trump sent out a national travel band which put every airport in the nation on lockdown on January 28, 2017.
Social media was in complete uproar because people couldn’t believe what was happening. Later on that night and into the next day, Congress issued out a statement that the immigration band was put on hold.
On February 9, 2017, the federal appeals court decided to place the temporary restraining order thus, pausing President Trump’s plan as other proceedings moved through the lower courts.
In an article by Ryan Lovelace, in the Washington Examiner called “Appeals court keeps block on Trump’s immigration ban” it stated that, “We hold that the government has not shown a likelihood of success on the merits of its appeal, nor has it shown that failure to enter a stay would cause irreparable injury, and we therefore deny its emergency motion for a stay,” This was said by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which was ruled this past Thursday. The appeals court has to correct the Justice Department for arguing that Trump’s immigration action was not subject to judicial review. The court stated, “There is no precedent to support this claimed unreview ability, which runs contrary to the fundamental structure of our constitutional democracy.” The big decision by the three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to deny a stay of the restraining order does not serve as a ruling on the merits of the ban itself, but puts the Trump Administration in a difficult spot. Trump’s team could seek an urgent intervention from the Supreme Court if they wanted to make their plan work, but lifting the ban would require them to win over five justices on the eight-justice court. If the high court divides evenly along ideological lines, the block of Trump’s ban would stay in place and the immigration ban likely would become a central theme in the battle over Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to the high court. In some disagreements on this past Tuesday, lawyers for both sides faced pointed criticism from the West Coast appeals court.
Trump’s Justice Department argued that an “irreparable injury” could result from the judges’ choosing not to lift the ban, given the President’s assessment of the risk of terrorism included in the executive order. The judges pushed back and noted that the government has gone to the appeals court before developing the record at the district court. Noah Purcell, who is the attorney representing the state of Washington looking to prevent Trump’s ban, urged the judges to act as a check on the executive branch lest lifting the ban plunge the “country back into chaos.” Purcell also faced criticism from the judges for harping about the fast-paced court proceedings. With this ban being on hold and Trump’s team trying to do everything in their power to lift it, America is not too sure what the future holds. Most of America agrees that an immigration ban shouldn’t exist because this country was pretty much built off of immigrants. Also no human should be discriminated against because of what race, color, or religion they are because in this country are men and women supposed to be created equal. Everyone is hoping for the best and will be looking forward to what the next update on this issue is.