Federal appeals court upholds freeze on Trump’s travel ban

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    A West Coast federal appeals court upheld the freeze on President Trump’s travel ban Monday, declaring that Trump had exceeded his lawful authority in suspending the issuance of visas to residents of six Muslim majority countries and suspending the U.S. refugee program.

    A three-judge panel with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled against the administration unanimously. Their ruling is another blow to Trump — though the fate of his travel ban already had been destined to be decided by the Supreme Court.

    A different federal appeals court had previously ruled against the president in a separate case, and the administration already had asked the nation’s highest court to intervene.

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