US President Donald Trump praised the Supreme Court's decision to review the legality of his temporary ban on travellers from six Muslim‑majority countries and all refugees, and to allow it to be partly implemented in the meantime.
The Supreme Court earlier announced it would allow a cut down version of Trump's ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries take effect before the justices will hear full arguments in October.
In the meantime, the court said that Trump's ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can be enforced as long if those visitors lack a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States."
Trump said last week that the ban would take effect 72 hours after being cleared by courts.
The court's opinion explained the kinds of relationships people from the six countries must demonstrate to obtain a US visa.
The opinion faulted the two federal appeals courts that had blocked the travel policy for going too far to limit Trump's authority over immigration.
The president announced the travel ban a week after he took office in January and revised it in March after setbacks in court.
Source: CNN
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