Hawaii files court challenge as partial travel ban takes effect

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On Thursday night, a watered-down version of President Trump's second travel ban went into effect at 8 p.m. ET, instantly triggering an emergency motion in Hawaii.

After several lower courts blocked Trump's original and follow-up bans, the Supreme Court on Monday approved a limited version of the ban, which affects citizens of Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran, and Yemen. The high court ruled that people from those countries who want to get visas need to have "bona fide relationships" inside the United States, and the State Department issued guidelines stating it considers "bona fide" relatives to be a parent, spouse, child, son- or daughter-in-law, and sibling. On Thursday night, fiancées were added to the list.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.