Travel Bans: Study Blitz and Halt Immigrants

travel bans: Hours before their event was set to start, a U.S. judge ordered a nationwide hold on the measures Friday night, backing a challenge by the states of Washington and Minnesota who want the opportunity to challenge it, according to Guelph Mercury. The ruling suspends Trump's order to temporarily halt immigrants, refugees and visitors from seven Muslim majority countries. Students from all 22 of Canada's law schools signed up to take part in a daylong study blitz on Saturday to conduct legal research relating to the recent travel bans in the United States and their impact in Canada. But Montreal law student Rachelle Bastarache said the new development makes the research event more relevant, especially since Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to call the judge's decision ridiculous and his administration indicated it would appeal the ruling. It's even more important to get the word out in case the next order is worse. I don't think we can say that the U.S. is a safe country for refugees to claim asylum in, because the person on top has made it clear about how he feels about the situation, and that won't change, Bastarache said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.