December 24, 2017

A United States federal judge on Saturday lifted Trump administration restrictions that barred some refugees from the country, the latest in a series of immigration-related legal setbacks for the president.

The US said in October that it would resume accepting refugees after a 120-day ban ordered by President Donald Trump expired, but some ─ including those from 11 "high-risk" countries, most of which are Muslim majority ─ were still barred from entering.

In his ruling on Saturday, Judge James Robart ordered American authorities to resume processing and admitting so-called "follow-to-join" refugees, which would once again allow the spouse and unmarried children of a refugee already in the country to be admitted.

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