In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today authorized partial implementation of President Trump's immigration veto, overturning lower court orders that blocked the executive order.
The ruling, detailed in a 16-page briefallows the government to ban for 90 days the entry of immigrants from six mostly Muslim countries - Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - who do not have family ties or proven ties to the United States. It also allows a 120-day ban for refugees.
But the Court emphasized that foreign nationals, including refugees, who have "a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States" - such as a family member, university or employer - will be exempt from the restrictions on entry into the country.
Since President Trump signed the Executive Order entitled "Protection of the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States" in late January, his administration claims that the restriction is necessary to allow for an internal review of screening procedures for visa applicants from those six countries and to keep "radical Islamic terrorists" out of the United States.
The President Trump's executive order also allows the U.S. Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to, on a case-by-case basis and if there is a national interest, issue visas or other immigration benefits to citizens of countries that are being blocked from receiving visas and benefits under President Trump's executive order.
However, several judicial deadlocks in the federal courts of the Fourth and Ninth Circuit prevented the implementation of the controversial decree.
The judges will hear full arguments in the case in October when they return from their recess.
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