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Two Federal Lawsuits Resolved In Chicago On Trump Travel Ban

Two federal lawsuits in Chicago are challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily blocking citizens from seven predominantly-Muslim countries. Both lawsuits filed Tuesday seek an emergency injunction to bar the order from being enforced.

By  The Associated Press
   

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Updated Feb. 1, 5:36 P.M.

CHICAGO(AP) — Lawsuits filed by two Chicago residents saying they were unlawfully prevented from re-entering the U.S. by President Donald Trump’s executive order have been resolved.

Attorneys for Dr. Amer Al Homssi and an Iranian native who filed a John Doe lawsuit say federal authorities acknowledged Wednesday neither traveler should have been barred from re-entering the country based on the president’s executive order, and both would be coming home.

Al Homssi is a Syrian citizen and legal resident of the United Arab Emirates. The internal medicine resident says his U.S. visa was canceled as he tried to board a flight to Chicago from the UAE where he got married.

The second man traveled to Iran to care for his sick mother. A ticketing agency refused to issue him a ticket to Chicago.

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