The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to reinstate much of President Trump's travel ban the lower courts had previously blocked. This will affect people in six Muslim populated countries: Iran, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
The Associate Dean, Michael C.H. McDaniel, of Western Michigan University's Cooley Law School explained that the travel ban will only affect individuals who do not have any ties to the United States.
McDaniel says, "If you're from those countries and you're going to go to school here, If you're from those countries and you're going to work here, for an American company, If you're from those countries and you've got family members here, you can still come. And so the 90-day travel ban does not apply to them. The 50,000 uh limit that president Trump had in his executive order also doesn't apply to them. So it's only for those individuals from those six countries that have no pre-existing relationships with the United States whatsoever."
McDaniel says Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch, the high court’s three most conservative members, support Trump's policy and want the ban to go further by going into effect immediately.
Trump said last week that the ban would take effect 72 hours being cleared by courts.The action Monday is a victory for President Donald Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency.
The justices will hear arguments in the case in the fall.
