Supreme Court permits full enforcement of Trump travel ban
Handing the White House a huge judicial victory  the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of  President Trumpâs travel ban affecting residents of six majority-Muslim countries .
 The ban  applies to people from Syria  Chad  Iran  Libya  Somalia and Yemen.
The nine-member high court said in two one-page orders late Monday afternoon that lower court rulings that partly blocked  the ban  should be put on hold while appeals courts in Richmond  Va.  and San Francisco take up the case.
The justices offered no explanation for their order  but the administration had said that blocking  the full ban  was causing "irreparable harm" because the policy is based on legitimate national security and foreign policy concerns.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley called  the ban  âlawful and essential to protecting our homeland.â
 Trumpâs travel ban  has been challenged in separate lawsuits by Hawaii and the American Civil Liberties Union. Both have argued  the ban  discriminates against Muslims and should not go into effect under immigration laws.
 "President Trumpâs anti-Muslim prejudice  is no secret â  he  has repeatedly confirmed  it   including just last week on Twitter " Omar Jadwat  director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project  said in a statement. "It's unfortunate that  the full ban  can move forward for now  but this order does not address the merits of our claims. We continue to stand for freedom  equality  and for those who are unfairly being separated from their loved ones. We will be arguing Friday in the Fourth Circuit that  the ban  should ultimately be struck down. "
Trump  issued  his  first travel ban within days of being sworn in as president. That version tightened the countryâs refugee and visa policies and suspended almost all refugee admissions for four months.
 Trump  issued a revised version in March after the first was blocked by federal courts. The second one expired in September after a lengthy court fight and was replaced with the current version.
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  [TGT] applies to people from Syria  Chad  Iran  Libya  Somalia and Yemen.
The nine-member high court said in two one-page orders late Monday afternoon that lower court rulings that partly blocked   [TGT] should be put on hold while appeals courts in Richmond  Va.  and San Francisco take up the case.
The justices offered no explanation for their order  but the administration had said that blocking   [TGT] was causing "irreparable harm" because the policy is based on legitimate national security and foreign policy concerns.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley called  the ban  âlawful and essential to protecting our homeland.â
 Trumpâs travel ban  has been challenged in separate lawsuits by Hawaii and the American Civil Liberties Union. Both have argued   [TGT] discriminates against Muslims and should not go into effect under immigration laws.
 " [TGT] is no secret â   [TGT]   has repeatedly confirmed   [TGT]    including just last week on Twitter " Omar Jadwat  director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project  said in a statement. "It's unfortunate that   [TGT] can move forward for now  but this order does not address the merits of our claims. We continue to stand for freedom  equality  and for those who are unfairly being separated from their loved ones. We will be arguing Friday in the Fourth Circuit that   [TGT] should ultimately be struck down.  [TGT] 
issued   [TGT]   first travel ban within days of being sworn in as president. That version tightened the countryâs refugee and visa policies and suspended almost all refugee admissions for four months.
  [TGT] issued a revised version in March after the first was blocked by federal courts. The second one expired in September after a lengthy court fight and was replaced with the current version.