By Robert Barnes July 19 at 1:25 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to enforce its refugee ban for now, but said it must allow broader exemptions to the president’s travel ban for family members, including grandparents.
The justices in a short order refused the administration’s request that it stay a lower court’s decision that said the Trump administration had too severely interpreted the court’s decision last month about exempting those with close family relationships.
The justices on Wednesday said the government’s appeal of the lower court should go through normal channels, with the next stop at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
The justices did stay a part of the lower court’s ruling, and said that it could enforce a refugee ban for now.
The court’s decision was the latest action in the Trump administration’s nearly six-month efforts to temporarily shut down the nation’s refugee program and bar visitors from several Muslim-majority countries while it examines vetting procedures.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-allows-trump-travel-ban-enforcement-but-says-it-must-allow-broader-exemptions-for-relatives/2017/07/19/6945e01e-6bf8-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?utm_term=.7c0d087d03bc