Appeals court to hear arguments on Trump’s travel ban in May

A federal appeals court announced Thursday it will hear arguments on an aspect of President Trump’s revised travel ban on May 8 and could rule on whether to uphold the Justice Department’s request for a stay in the first week of April.

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., plans to complete filings on the Trump administration’s request by April 5. The White House has asked U.S. District Court Judge Theodore D. Chuang to block a Maryland-based district court judge’s order to issue a restraining order regarding the executive action on immigration.

The case was brought by refugee assistance organizations and individuals.

While the administration has appealed the Maryland judge’s order, it has yet to respond to a greater threat from Hawaii, where a judge ruled in favor of the state prosecution’s blocked the order’s 120-day suspension of refugee admissions and studies on visitors to the U.S. Justice lawyers are expected to fight the ruling.

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