Hawaii moves to challenge Trump”s revised travel ban

The state of Hawaii will challenge US President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, according to court documents filed by lawyers late Tuesday. State Attorney General Douglas Chin described the executive order – which was a second attempt at halting migration from selected, predominantly Muslim countries after the first was blocked by legal challenges – as […]

The state of Hawaii will challenge US President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, according to court documents filed by lawyers late Tuesday.

State Attorney General Douglas Chin described the executive order – which was a second attempt at halting migration from selected, predominantly Muslim countries after the first was blocked by legal challenges – as "nothing more than Muslim Ban 2.0."

"Under the pretence of national security, it still targets immigrants and refugees," Chin said in a statement earlier this week.

Trump issued the revised order on Monday, halting refugee approvals for 120 days and blocking new visas for 90 days for people from Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Compared to Trump’s original order, Iraq was dropped from the banned list, and Syrian refugees are not singled out from the broader refugee programme.

The new order is set to come into effect on March 16.

The state of Hawaii was one of the many complainants in a chain of legal challenges filed against the original ban, which caused chaotic scenes at airports and was met with angry protests. (DPA)