This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially tried to fix and kill the infamous "travel ban" at the same time. They did mostly grant the stay and refused to hear the case right away. They also let parts of the ban go into effect, sort of, and agreed to hear the case in the Fall. Basically, if you're coming here for work, or school, or because you have some sort of relationship here, you are not subject to the travel ban at all. If you have no connection, the court is allowing the travel ban to go into effect- because you aren't really protected by our constitutional rights here. They did grant that national security concerns do "trump" the "right of entry" for people who have nothing to do with the U.S. They don't "trump" citizenship though. By pushing the case off to the Fall, they kill Trump's argument that the need to implement the whole travel ban was "urgent," but by acknowledging the national security issues here, they give a nod to his over-arching argument. When this case is heard in October, the current travel ban will be fully in place for people with no connection to our nation. My guess is they will allow the ban to be implemented along the lines they set forth today, which means nothing will happen. Effectively, the Supreme Court fixed the travel ban to make it constitutional. Getting Gorsuch on the court is already paying off for Republicans.
The Travel Ban is ignorant- it is a Muslim ban. It's disappointing that it will not be struck down in full, but it is encouraging that citizenship and legal immigration rights trump xenophobia and ignorance. It's a shame that some of our fellow citizens buy into the ignorant belief that Muslims are a threat to their safety though- statistics would argue otherwise.
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