<p>The US Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump&#8217;s ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority countries and two others can go into full effect, even as legal challenges against the executive order continue in several states.</p> 
<p>The ban means that the US can refuse entry visas to travellers from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as North Korea and Venezuela.</p> 
<p>&#8220;The ruling does not mean that the Supreme Court has accepted the ban as constitutional, but that it finds persuasive the Trump administration&#8217;s argument that an emergency injunction against the ban was unnecessary,&#8221; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/04/donald-trump-travel-ban-on-six-mostly-muslim-countries" type="external">The Guardian</a> reports.</p> 
<p>US Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the ruling "a substantial victory for the safety and security of the American people".</p> 
<p>&#8220;The Constitution gives the President the responsibility and power to protect this country from all threats foreign and domestic, and this order remains vital to accomplishing those goals,&#8221; Sessions said.</p> 
<p>Omar Jadwat, director of the American Civil Liberties Union&#8217;s Immigrants&#8217; Rights Project said he was disappointed by the court&#8217;s decision.</p> 
<p>&#8220;President Trump&#8217;s anti-Muslim prejudice is no secret - he has repeatedly confirmed it, including just last week on Twitter,&#8221; Jadwat told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-allows-full-enforcement-of-trump-travel-ban-while-legal-challenges-continue/2017/12/04/486549c0-d5fc-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html?utm_term=.1f0a7a249a95" type="external">The Washington Post</a>. &#8220;We continue to stand for freedom, equality, and for those who are unfairly being separated from their loved ones.&#8221;</p>
Trump travel ban can be enforced, says US Supreme Court