Judges across U.S. to weigh challenges to Trump travel ban


  • World
  • Monday, 06 Feb 2017

Iranian student visa holder Sara Yarjani, who was sent back to Vienna last week under U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban, talks with reporters after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February, 5, 2017. REUTERS/Daina Beth Solomon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday ramped up his criticism of a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations and said courts were making U.S. border security harder, intensifying the first major legal battle of his presidency.

In a series of tweets that broadened his attack on the country's judiciary, Trump said Americans should blame U.S. District Judge James Robart and the court system if anything happened.

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