The US state of Hawaii is challenging President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban, saying it is just the outgrowth of his campaign pledge to prevent Muslims from entering the United States.
Attorneys representing the state asked a judge in Honolulu on Tuesday to stop the administration from enforcing the latest version of its travel ban, scheduled to go into effect October 17.
Trump’s third travel ban, which was announced September 24, affects the citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.
The ban removes Sudan from the list of affected countries and adds Chad and North Korea, along with several officials from the government of Venezuela. Iraq, which was affected in the initial travel ban, was removed from the list in March.
Hawaii said the travel ban is unconstitutional. The state is challenging the president’s “continuing efforts to impose a sweeping policy banning the entry of refugees and…