The U.S. Supreme Court has put a temporary halt to U.S. refugee admissions until an appeals court rules on the matter.
In a ruling Wednesday, the nation’s highest court upheld a request from the Trump administration to bar refugees as part of his travel order limiting travelers from six majority Muslim countries.
But the government win is both partial and temporary.
The justices also upheld a lower court ruling that expanded the list of relationships that can be considered “bona fide” to include grandparents. Travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can continue to be admitted if they can show they have bona fide relationships in the U.S.
In addition, Hawaiian Judge Derrick Watson had said that refugees could be admitted as long as they had an assurance from a resettlement agancy.
The justices put that provision on hold but only until it can be reviewed by the 9th circuit court of appeals in San Francisco.
The U.S. State Department had given the voluntary agencies that work with refugees the all-clear to resume travel arrangements.
