Judge issues stay on Hawaii Trump travel ban lawsuit
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
About 100 people at the Honolulu International Airport, on Jan. 29, held signs to greet travelers and protest President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban immigration from seven predominately Muslim nations. A federal judge in Honolulu is suspending Hawaii’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries.
A federal judge in Honolulu is suspending Hawaii’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries.
U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson today granted the government’s request for a stay. He’s halting the case while a nationwide injunction remains in place in a suit brought by Washington state and Minnesota.
Washington state and Minnesota sued Trump last week, saying the ban harms residents and effectively mandates discrimination. The case is before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin filed a lawsuit Friday, saying the ban keeps families apart and harms the state’s tourism industry.
Watson’s order cancels a hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the Hawaii lawsuit.
