Second federal judge, in Maryland, blocks Trump's travel ban

Protesters stand up against the immigration executive order by President Trump.
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Just hours after U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson ruled Wednesday in favor of Hawaii's request for a temporary restraining order against President Trump's revised executive order to restrict travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., a second judge, in Maryland, has struck down another provision of the order.

U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang's restraining order is narrower than Watson's, and it targets a portion of Trump's order that prevents citizens of the six majority-Muslim countries from being able to be issued a visa. Like Watson, Chuang claimed that statements made by Trump and his advisers proved "President Trump's animus toward Muslims and intention to impose a ban on Muslims entering the United States."

The ban was slated to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, but the federal judges' rulings block it nationwide.

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"Let me tell you something, I think we ought to go back to the first [executive order] and go all the way," Trump told a rally in Nashville on Wednesday. "The danger is clear, the law is clear, the need for my executive order is clear."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.