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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a Feb 3. news conference outside U.S. District Court, Western Washington, in Seattle. Ferguson filed a state lawsuit challenging key sections of President Trump's immigration executive order.

The Attorney General Behind The Resistance To Trump's Travel Ban

10:49pm February 07, 2017

by Austin Jenkins

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson's lawsuit has led to a temporary halt of the Trump administration's ban on travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries.

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On Tuesday, arguments related to President Trump's temporary travel ban will be presented by phone to a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and live-streamed at the James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals building in San Francisco.

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LISTEN: States, DOJ Argue Whether Trump's Travel Ban Should Stay Suspended

9:14pm February 07, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

President Trump's order temporarily barring refugees and some visa holders from entering the U.S. is on pause. Now three judges are considering whether to put it back into effect.

Betsy Jenson sorts through donated kitchenware, bed sheets and other household goods inside a storage area for the Nationalities Service Center in Philadelphia. The refugee resettlement agency uses donations to furnish apartments for newly arrived refugee

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Resettlement Groups Glad For Stay Of Trump's Refugee Plan, But Still Worried

10:50pm February 06, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

Refugees and resettlement agencies around the U.S. are facing uncertainty as the courts decide what happens to the U.S. refugee program, but donations for refugees are piling up as agencies wait.

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A woman with "No Wall, No Ban" painted on her face was among the people marching in support of immigrants and refugees in Seattle on Jan. 29.

DOJ Files Brief In Appeals Court, Defending Trump's Immigration Executive Order

7:30pm February 06, 2017

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments by phone on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET in the controversial travel ban's latest test. A district court judge halted the executive order on Friday.

Patrick Wicklund, from Seattle, stands outside the U.S. District Court, Western Washington, on Feb. 3, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a state lawsuit challenging key sections of President Trump's immigrat

Who Is Judge James L. Robart And Why Did He Block Trump's Immigration Order?

4:54pm February 04, 2017

by Ted Robbins

Judge James L. Robart is an appointee of President George W. Bush who also noted last year that "black lives matter."

Pictures of people who were incarcerated at Manzanar War Relocation Center are displayed alongside family tags at Manzanar National Historic Site near Independence, Calif., in 2015.

There's A Long, Ignominous Trail Of Bans, Registries And Forced Relocation

9:13pm February 02, 2017

by Jorge Encinas

The travel ban imposed by the president a week ago on people from seven Muslim-majority countries is only the latest executive order through the years grounded in race, ethnicity or country of origin.

The rotunda of the Capitol during the inauguration of Donald Trump in January.

Where Does Your Member Of Congress Stand On Trump's Immigration Order?

8:30pm February 01, 2017

NPR and dozens of member stations searched for public statements by all 536 members of Congress. Use our interactive tracker to see what your lawmakers have — or have not — said about the order.

Passport holders from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen are suspended from entering the U.S. in the next 90 days.

3 Ways Trump's Travel Ban Could Affect Humanitarian Aid Workers

3:52pm February 01, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

The order will have a direct impact on the thousands of international aid employees who travel from country to country to provide life-saving aid.

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly answers questions during a news conference on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Trump's Immigration Order Is 'Not A Ban On Muslims,' Homeland Security Chief Says

5:58pm January 31, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly characterized the order as a "temporary pause" as officials "assess the strengths and the weaknesses of our current system."

Eliot Cohen, director of the Strategic Studies program, poses a question to U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Former State Dept. Adviser Paints Gloomy Picture Of Trump's First Week

11:30pm January 30, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Eliot Cohen, a former State Department counselor in the George W. Bush administration, about how the president's first week in office confirmed his worst fears.

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