The court ruling dealt a further setback to Trump, who has denounced the judge in the state of Washington who blocked his executive order on Friday. Trump says the 90-day travel ban on citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, and a 120-day bar on all refugees, are necessary to protect the United States from Islamist militants. She declined to be named for fear it could complicate her entry to the United States. An official at Beirut airport said three Syrian families had left for the United States via Europe on Sunday morning. Airline officials in Cairo said that 33 people from the seven affected countries had been allowed to board US-bound flights since Saturday.

Source: Mint February 05, 2017 15:11 UTC