DOJ files brief defending Trump’s refugee ban

Published February 6, 2017 11:28pm ET



The Justice Department filed a brief in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals defending President Trump’s executive order that had temporarily suspended immigration from seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

Three West coast judges will hear oral arguments from both sides in an hour-long telephone hearing set for Tuesday evening.

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