U.S. under Trump Series: SCOTUS upholds POTUS travel ban

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has upheld the controversial travel ban on six Muslim majority countries initiated by the President of the United States (POTUS) via executive order. After the inauguration, President Trump created quite a furor with his executive order banning people coming to the United States from six war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa. Since then several lower courts imposed a stay order on the President’s travel ban, while President’s critics called it a Muslim ban.  After a major setback at the 9th circuit court, President Trump urged the Supreme Court to take up the matter and make a decision.

In a statement released this week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the President and stayed on a decision from the 9th circuit court of appeals, made last week, which ruled that a lower court in Hawaii correctly decided that the ban could not be imposed on refugees who had received formal assurances from resettlement agencies or who are in U.S. refugee admission program. SCOTUS ruled stay on refugees but on another decision made by the 9th circuit court that says that the travel ban could not be enforced on extended family members like grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins etc.