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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Friday, March 10, 2017 Legal challenges to Trump’s travel ban mount from states SEATTLE — Legal challenges against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban mounted Thursday as Washington state said it would renew its request to block the executive order and a judge granted Oregon’s request to join the case. The events happened a day after Hawaii launched its own lawsuit, and Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said New York state also asked to join his state’s legal effort. Massa- chusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said the state is joining fellow states in challenging the revised travel ban. Washington was the first state to sue over the original ban, which resulted in Judge James Robart in Seattle halting its implementation around the country. Ferguson said the state would ask Robart to rule that his temporary restraining order against the first ban applies to Trump’s revised action. “My message to President Trump is — not so fast,” Ferguson told reporters. “After spending more than a month to fix a broken order that he rushed out the door, the President’s new order reinstates several of the same provisions and has the same illegal motivations as the original.” Robart on Thursday granted Oregon’s request to join Washington and Minne- sota in the case opposing the travel ban. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said the executive order has hurt Oregon, its residents, employers, agencies, educa- tional institutions, health care system and economy. Trump’s revised ban bars new visas for people from six predominantly Muslim coun- tries: Somalia, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya and Yemen. It also temporarily shuts down the U.S. refugee program. Unlike the initial order, the new one says current visa holders won’t be affected, and removes language that AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Washington State Attorney General Bob Fergu- son speaks at a news conference about the state’s response to President Trump’s revised travel ban Thursday in Seattle. — Bob Ferguson, Washington state Attorney General would give priority to reli- gious minorities. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin said that the state could not stay silent on Trump’s travel ban because of Hawaii’s unique culture and history. Hawaii depends heavily on tourism, and the revised ban would hurt the state’s economy, he said. The courts need to hear “that there’s a state where ethnic diversity is the norm, where people are welcomed with aloha and respect,” Chin said. He noted that the new travel ban order comes just after the 75th anniversary of the Feb. 19, 1942, executive order by President Franklin Roosevelt that sent Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps during World War II. That order was put in place after the Japa- nese attack on Pearl Harbor. Hawaii had an internment camp. Ferguson said it’s not the government, but the court, that gets to decide whether the revised order is different enough that it would not be covered by previous tempo- rary restraining order. “It cannot be a game of whack-a-mole for the court,” he said. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Thursday the administration believed the revised travel ban will stand up to legal scrutiny. “We feel very confident with how that was crafted had previously sued over Trump’s initial travel ban, but that lawsuit was put on hold while other cases played out across the country. Hawaii’s complaint says it is suing to protect its residents, businesses and schools, as well as its “sover- eignty against illegal actions of President Donald J. Trump and the federal government.” Imam Ismail Elshikh of the Muslim Association of Hawaii is a plaintiff in the state’s challenge. The ban will prevent his Syrian moth- er-in-law from visiting him, he said. The imam is a U.S. citizen, has rights and would be prevented from seeing his mother-in-law, Chin said. The mother-in-law is awaiting approval of a visa to see her relatives in Hawaii. The woman and others have become victims because of the ban’s “standardless set of waivers and exceptions that weren’t set by Congress,” Chin said. Hawaii’s lawsuit chal- lenging the travel ban focuses on damage to the state’s economy and mainly tourism. Chin says the tourism angle is unique because the state relies heavily on visitors and Hawaii officials have a right to defend the economy. He said people may fear traveling even within Hawaii because they would be forced to encounter a federal agent every time they get on a plane to visit a neighboring island. and the input that was given,” Spicer said. Ferguson said he was pleased that attorneys general from New York and Oregon had sought to take part in the legal action. “We have a strong case and they are willing to join our efforts,” he said of his fellow Democrats. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in a statement called the executive order “a Muslim ban by another name.” Other states that have filed briefs supporting Washing- ton’s initial lawsuit include California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia. In his initial lawsuit Ferguson said the original ban was unconstitutional and hurt the state’s businesses and universities. A federal appellate court later upheld a temporary restraining order issued against the first travel ban. The Trump administration says the old order will be revoked once the new one goes into effect on March 16. In filing a lawsuit Wednesday night, Hawaii said the revised order would harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students Attorneys for Hawaii filed the lawsuit against the U.S. government in federal court in Honolulu. The state Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Burleson and co-defen- dants Eric Parker, Orville Scott Drexler, Steven Stewart, Todd Engel and Richard Lovelien are the first of 17 defendants to stand trial in the standoff near the Bundy ranch, about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Each is accused of 10 charges including conspiracy, firearm offenses and assault on a federal officer. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. WINDS Medford 64/39 LAS VEGAS (AP) — A medical complaint by a defendant with a history of health problems briefly interrupted a trial Thursday in Las Vegas for six men accused of wielding guns during a 2014 armed standoff between followers of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and federal agents. An attorney for Gregory Burleson rose suddenly during testimony and told Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro that Burleson needed immediate attention. Attorneys and spectators in the courtroom said Burleson became pale and his hands were shaking when the judge called a two-hour break. Burleson, 53, of Arizona is blind, diabetic and uses a wheelchair. His attorney, Terrence Jackson, has argued several times for Burleson’s release from jail, saying he wasn’t getting REGIONAL CITIES Forecast the Willamette Valley will be shut down. The hatchery will have its trout production put out for public bid to be raised for the Corps else- where, the agency said. The decision to put Cole Rivers out to bid comes after the Corps announced last month that a review of its contracting rules found running mitigation hatch- eries on a contract basis was more appropriate than the cooperative agreements. The agreement for the state to run Cole Rivers expires June 30. The winning bidder would take over July 1 with a one-year contract that includes the potential for two one-year extensions. The hatchery releases nearly 2.8 million salmon, steelhead and trout annually throughout the Rogue Basin. 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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and several private companies will be able to bid on the Cole Rivers hatchery next week, The Mail Tribune reported. The hatchery is one of seven owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Oregon and operated by the department. The cooperative agreement allows the state to raise salmon, steelhead and trout as mitigation for wild fish habitat lost by the construction of Corps dams. Federal officials have determined five of the hatcheries can likely remain under state operation, while the Leaburg Hatchery in “After spending more than a month to fix a broken order that he rushed out the door, the Pres- ident’s new order reinstates several of the same provisions and has the same illegal motivations as the original.” Associated Press TODAY Federally-owned hatchery up for bid 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Snow will move off the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coasts today. Showers and thunderstorms will extend from Texas to the Carolina coast. 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