Rhode Island Court Finds Travel-Ban Benefit Freeze Unlawful, Vacates Policy

A Rhode Island federal court vacated the Trump administration's policy that froze work permits, green cards, and other benefits for applicants from roughly 40 travel-ban countries, ruling the move violated the Administrative Procedure Act and causing widespread harm to immigrants already in the U.S.; the judge also struck down related asylum holds and the country-specific factors policy, rejecting government justifications and motives.