Hawaii to file first challenge to Trump’s new travel ban
By Reuters
09 March 2017 |
4:33 am
The state of Hawaii said it will ask a federal court on Wednesday for an emergency halt to President Donald Trump's new executive order restricting travel from six Muslim-majority countries.
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