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June 28, 2017 The Skanner Page 9 News Trump Travel Ban Partly Reinstated; Fall Court Arguments Set By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allow- ing President Donald Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries to the U.S. Trump hailed the decision as a “victo- ry for national security,” but it’s likely to set off a new round of court dis- putes over anti-terror efforts and religious dis- crimination. The justices will hear full arguments in Octo- ber in the case that has stirred heated emotions across the nation and pointed rebukes from lower courts saying the administration is target- ing Muslims. Until then, the court said Monday, Trump’s ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Soma- lia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can be enforced if those visitors lack a “credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.” The ruling sets up a po- tential clash between the government and oppo- nents of the ban over the strength of visitors’ ties to the United States. A senior official said plans already had been written to enforce the ban ag- gressively. But immigrant groups said relatively few peo- ple try to enter the Unit- ed States without well-es- tablished ties. Those groups said they will be sending law- yers and monitors back to American airports, where the initial, imme- diate implementation of the ban in January caused chaos and confu- sion. State Department spokeswoman Heath- er Nauert said the ban would be implemented starting 72 hours after being cleared by courts. That means it will take effect Thursday morn- ing. The president has de- nied that the ban targets Muslims but says it is needed “to protect the nation from terrorist activities” committed by citizens of the six countries. All six have been designated as pre- senting heightened con- cerns about terrorism and travel to the United States. The 90-day ban is nec- essary to allow an inter- nal review of screening procedures for visa ap- plicants from the coun- tries, the administration says. That review should be complete before Oct. 2, the first day the jus- tices could hear argu- ments in their new term. The ban will have run its course by then, rais- ing a question of whether the justices will even is- sue a decision in the case AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE Court says visitors to U.S. must provide ‘credible claim’ of a relationship with a U.S. person or entity People visit the Supreme Court in Washington June 26 as justices issued their final rulings for the term, in Washington. The high court is letting a limited version of the Trump administration ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries take effect, a victory for President Donald Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency. or dismiss it because it has been overtaken by events. The court asked both sides to address the is- sue of timing, along with questions about wheth- er the ban is aimed at Muslims, the impact of Trump’s provocative campaign statements and federal courts’ au- thority to restrain the president in the area of immigration. A 120-day ban on refu- gees also is being allowed to take effect on a similar, limited basis. Three of the court’s conservative justices said they would have let the administration ap- ply the bans without the limits imposed by their colleagues. Justice Clarence Thom- as, joined by Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, said the government has shown it is likely to win the legal case in the end. Thomas said the govern- ment’s interest in pre- serving national security outweighs any hardship to people denied entry into the country. Trump hailed the court’s order as a “clear victory for our national security,” especially after lower court rulings that blocked the travel ban in its entirety. He said in a statement that his “num- ber one responsibility” is to keep Americans safe. His administration’s implementation plans, largely orchestrated by White House adviser Stephen Miller, focus on refusing entry to people who are unable to show a substantial and pre-ex- isting tie to a person or institution in the United States. The plans were described by a senior of- ficial who was familiar with them, speaking on condition of anonymity because this person was not authorized to discuss them publicly by name. But some immigration lawyers said relatively few people would fall under the ban because people coming to study, work or visit family members already have sufficient relationships with others already is in the country. “This order, properly construed, should really allow for only the nar- rowest implementation of any part of the ban. It’s going to be really import- ant for us to make sure the government abides by the terms of the order and does not try to use it as a backdoor into imple- menting the full- scale Muslim ban,” said Omar Jadwat, the American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who is represent- ing some of the challeng- ers to the travel ban. The court’s opinion explained the kinds of re- lationships people from the six countries must demonstrate to obtain a U.S. visa. 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