"The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!" Trump tweeted.
Trump blasts 'so-called judge' who temporarily blocked immigration ban in Saturday tweetstorm
President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted the federal judge who issued a nationwide hold on the executive order temporarily barring immigrants from seven predominately Muslim countries.
"Interesting that certain Middle-Eastern countries agree with the ban," the president continued. "They know if certain people are allowed in it's death & destruction!"
Trump continued his tirade into the afternoon, tweeting that "many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country."
"What is our country coming to when a judge can halt a Homeland Security travel ban and anyone, even with bad intentions, can come into U.S.?" he tweeted.
Robart's ruling, contrary to the claims in Trump's tweets, does not allow "anyone" to travel to the US — travellers from the seven majority-Muslim countries named in Trump’s order must still hold valid visas or green cards to gain entry.
Following Robart's order, US Customs and Border Protection alerted airlines that passengers with valid visas from the seven countries could once again be admitted. The State Department also announced on Saturday that it would allow people with valid visas into the country, and would reinstate visas that had been revoked — so long as they had not been physically canceled. The Department of Homeland Security announced that it won't direct airlines to keep visa-holders covered by the immigration ban from boarding US-bound planes, The Associated Press reported.
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