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Legal permanent U.S. residents from seven countries whose citizens are covered by a three-month American travel ban won’t need special permission to come back to the United States after all, the Trump administration announced Wednesday.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said green card holders will now be allowed to enter and leave the United States as they please, despite the ban. Spicer’s announcement was the latest effort to clarify and adjust President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel and immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries.

U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump's travel ban

The judge's written order, released late Friday, said it's not the court's job to "create policy or judge the wisdom of any particular policy promoted by the other two branches" of government.

The court's job "is limited to ensuring that the actions taken by the other two branches comport with our country's laws."

When the judge questioned the federal government's lawyer, Michelle Bennett, he repeatedly questioned the rationale behind the order.

Robart, who was appointed the federal bench by President George W. Bush, asked if there had been any terrorist attacks by people from the seven counties listed in Trump's order since 9/11. Bennett said she didn't know.

"The answer is none," Robart said. "You're here arguing we have to protect from these individuals from these countries, and there's no support for that."

Ontario is flinging open its operating-room doors to provide health care for foreign children whose life-saving surgeries have been cancelled due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/02/03/ontario-to-help-young-patients-affected-by-trump-travel-ban.html

Syrian Refugee Mother Gives Birth Just 10 Hours After Landing In Fort McMurray

No Refugee Child Should Have To Sleep In The Snow

The cold truth is this: Europe's winter weather has set in quicker than its leaders were able to make decisions on how to protect these people. For many migrants and refugees, the shores of the Mediterranean aren't just arrival points. They have actually become semi-permanent homes.

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• Transfer of banking records of Canadian residents to U.S. taxman doubles6 days ago The bank records of more than 315,000 Canadian residents were turned over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service last year under a controversial information sharing deal — double the number transferred in the deal's first year, CBC News has learned.
• Got a gripe about your cellphone service? Chances are you don't know your rights
• Canadian dual citizens can travel freely to the U.S. despite Trump travel ban
• 'We can do a lot more': Advocates urge protection for refugees who enter Canada via the U.S.
• Military poised to help as some N.B. homes face 5th day without power
• Microplastics found in supermarket fish, shellfish
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• 'We saw what happened in the airports': Asylum seekers from U.S. surge into Manitoba4 days ago The number of refugees scrambling across the Canada-U.S. border, cutting through snowy fields to seek asylum in Manitoba, has soared since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency, Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council staff say.
• 'Words can be knives': Premier urges Quebecers to cool the rhetoric
• Trudeau's imminent meeting with Trump carries substantial political risk: Chris Hall
• Trump fires attorney general who told Justice Department not to defend travel ban
• 'I never expected such a thing in Quebec': Mourners hold vigil at scene of mosque attack
• University student charged with 6 counts of 1st-degree murder after Quebec mosque attack
• What we know about the victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting
• Couple in early 20s denied Toronto condo rental due to their age
• 'Very graphic' evidence found on hidden hard drive presented to jurors in triple murder trial
• 'Crisis mode:' Trump's ban sparks mass confusion as conflicting details emerge
• 'Anyone can be a victim': Canadian high school girls being lured into sex trade
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• O'Leary posts, then pulls down video from gun range visit amid funeral for shooting victimsa day ago The Facebook page of Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O'Leary posted a video of him at a Miami shooting range moments before a public funeral got underway for three of the six victims killed by a gunman at a Quebec City mosque. O'Leary later pulled it down "out of respect."
• Calls for tolerance at Montreal funeral for men killed in Quebec City mosque attack
• Blocking Trump's Supreme Court pick may destroy one of the only weapons left in Democrats' arsenal: Keith Boag
• Say goodbye to electoral reform — a promise that was born sickly: Robyn Urback
• Her water broke hours before arrival, but Syrian refugee was determined to give birth in Canada
• Opposition accuses Trudeau of 'betrayal' as Liberals abandon promise of electoral reform
• ‘Oh, I got one’ yelled after trailer hitch thrown from car struck First Nations woman, says sister
• Are we living in a holographic universe? New study suggests it's possible
• Intolerance, xenophobia have permeated political rhetoric in Quebec
• Portrait of a suspect: Alexandre Bissonnette's journey from moderate conservative to extremist troll
• No plans to change refugee target in wake of U.S. travel ban: immigration minister
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• U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump's travel banabout 14 hours ago A U.S. judge has imposed a nationwide hold on Donald Trump's ban on travellers and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries, siding with two states that had challenged the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country.
• Astronomers find tail of stray black hole lurking in Milky Way
• Canada looking at legality of enforcing Trump travel ban on Canadian soil
• Canadian filmmaker Rob Stewart reportedly found dead, U.S. Coast Guard says
• Sears charges some online shoppers too much tax, promises refunds
• Liberal fears of proportional representation and a referendum killed Trudeau's reform promise
• 'Go kill yourself': Social media messages encourage Indigenous youth to commit suicide
• 'Here to share the pain': Thousands join families of mosque attack victims at Quebec City funeral
• Controversial campaign manager for Tory leadership candidate Kellie Leitch resigns
• Montreal mosque egged, window smashed
• Researchers confirm existence of 'lost continent'
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• Breakfast with the Tories: Deepak Obhrai, the long shot candidate who stood up to Stephen Harperabout an hour ago Deepak Obhrai says he was 'sent to the penalty box' for opposing Harper's proposal to revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens convicted of terrorism.
• France's politically wounded pile up, leaving Macron and Le Pen leading presidential race
• Super Bowl commercials: Stunts, slapstick and some serious issues
• Canada's oilpatch needs new customers. Who's willing to buy?
• Trump's policy wish list is already meeting resistance from his own Republican Party
• Conservative memberships likely down from 2004 leadership race despite larger field
• Whites risk marginalization, mosque shooting suspect told friend a day before attack
• U.S. revokes all Nexus cards from Canadian permanent residents with citizenship in restricted countries: CBSA
• After two years of relative calm, the civil war in eastern Ukraine has reignited
• 'Tension was growing': Quebec City mosque had plans to boost security before attack
• Donald Trump gets harsh treatment on magazine covers
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