US court rejects immediate overturn of halt of Trump travel ban

US federal appeals court rejects a request by the Department of Justice to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump's travel ban.

Thousands gather in Denver for a rally in support of the Muslim community and to protest President Donald Trump's executive order to temporarily ban refugees. Source: AAP

A US federal appeals court early Sunday rejected a request by the Department of Justice to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump's travel ban.

Trump's administration had made the request with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as part of an appeal against a lower court order temporarily suspending the travel ban on citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries.

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