President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban has been dealt another blow after an appeals court upheld a decision to block it.
Three judges on the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals – which covers states including California, Arizona and Hawaii – ruled that the US president had violated immigration law.
It said the ban discriminated against people based on their nationality and President Trump had not shown how their entry into the USA would harm the country’s interest.
The judges said: “Immigration, even for the president, is not a one-person show.
"The president's authority is subject to certain statutory and constitutional restraints."
US District Judge Derrick Watson previously ruled the main purpose of President Trump’s travel ban was to discriminate against the religion Islam.
The US leader first brought in his travel ban in January, bringing chaos to airports around the country.
He then revised the executive order with the new version naming six predominantly Muslim countries – rather than seven.
Travellers to the US from these six countries - Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - are limited under the order.
