(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency)
New York, March 10 (QNA) - US President Donald Trump's revised travel ban is under mounting attack, as the state of Washington joined with New York and Oregon to challenge his proposal.
The announcement by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson came a day after Hawaii launched its own lawsuit against Trump's order, which freezes entry to the US for citizens from six Muslim-majority countries.
Washington was the first state to sue over the original ban, which resulted in Judge James Robert in Seattle halting its implementation around the country. Ferguson said the state would ask the judge to rule that his temporary restraining order against the first ban also applies to Trump's revised action.
For his part, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that he will join a lawsuit launched by attorneys general from several states, including Washington, Minnesota,Oregon and Hawaii against US President Donald Trump's immigration ban."President Trump's latest executive order is a Muslim ban by another name, imposing policies and protocols that once again violate the Equal Protection Clause and Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution," Schneiderman said in a statement.
"Smart, aggressive litigation by state attorneys general and civil rights advocates across the country successfully torpedoed President Trump's first Muslim ban, and I am pleased that as state AGs, we are now marshaling our resources to fight Trump's latest, unconstitutional decree," Schneiderman said.
Trump's revised ban bars new visas for people from six predominantly Muslim countries: Somalia, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya and Yemen. Iraq was in the original ban. (QNA)
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