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TRUMP v. HAWAII 

SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting 

changes  would  address  “very  technical  issues  that  were
brought  up  by  the  court.”  App.  127.    After  EO–2  was 
issued,  the  White  House  Press  Secretary  told  reporters 
that,  by  issuing  EO–2,  President  Trump  “continue[d]  to 
deliver  on  . . .  his  most  significant  campaign  promises.” 
Id., at 130.  That statement was consistent with President 
Trump’s own declaration that “I keep my campaign prom­
ises, and our citizens will be very happy when they see the
result.”  Id., at 127–128. 

Before  EO–2  took  effect,  federal  District  Courts  in  Ha­
waii and Maryland enjoined the order’s travel and refugee 
bans.  See  Hawaii  v.  Trump,  245  F. Supp.  3d  1227,  1239 
(Haw.  2017);  International  Refugee  Assistance  Project 
(IRAP)  v.  Trump,  241  F. Supp.  3d  539,  566  (Md.  2017).
The Fourth and Ninth Circuits upheld those injunctions in
substantial part.  IRAP v. Trump, 857 F. 3d 554, 606 (CA4 
2017)  (en  banc);  Hawaii  v.  Trump,  859  F. 3d  741,  789 
(CA9 2017) (per curiam).  In June 2017, this Court granted 
the  Government’s  petition  for  certiorari  and  issued  a  per 
curiam  opinion  partially  staying  the  District  Courts’  in­
junctions pending further review.  In particular, the Court
allowed EO–2’s travel ban to take effect except as to “for­
eign  nationals  who  have  a  credible  claim  of  a  bona  fide
relationship with a person or entity in the United States.” 
Trump v. IRAP, 582 U. S. ___, ___ (2017) (slip op., at 12). 

While  litigation  over  EO–2  was  ongoing,  President
Trump repeatedly made statements alluding to a desire to 
keep Muslims out of the country.  For instance, he said at 
a  rally  of  his  supporters  that  EO–2  was  just  a  “watered
down version of the first one” and had been “tailor[ed]” at
the  behest of  “the  lawyers.”    App.  131.    He  further  added 
that  he  would  prefer  “to  go  back  to  the  first  [executive
order] and go all the way” and reiterated his belief that it 
was  “very  hard”  for  Muslims  to  assimilate  into  Western 
culture.  Id.,  at  131–132.    During  a  rally  in  April  2017,
President  Trump  recited  the  lyrics  to  a  song  called  “The