Fadi Kassar smiles after being reunited with his daughters Lian, 5, and Hnan, 8, and wife Razan (R) after the family was reunited following a flight from Amman, Jordan, at John F. Kennedy International airport in New York City, U.S. February 2, 2017. Bill Swersey/HIAS.org/Handout via REUTERS
(Reuters) - A U.S. district judge in Detroit has issued an order temporarily restraining the Trump administration from carrying out immigration restrictions in a presidential executive order, according to a court document.
Judge Victoria Roberts issued the order on Thursday in response to a motion filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan seeking a permanent injunction "that prohibits the denial of entry into the United States of legal permanent residents and those with valid immigrant visas" under President Donald Trump's Jan. 27 order.
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