ATG NEWS RELEASE: Attorney General Doug Chin’s statement on today’s U.S. Supreme Court Order
Posted on Jul 19, 2017 in Latest Department News
HONOLULU – This morning Attorney General Doug Chin issued the following statement in response to today’s order from the United States Supreme Court:
“Today the United States Supreme Court denied the Trump Administration’s motion to clarify. They confirmed the Hawaii federal court order that grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins are indeed close family. This confirms we were right to say that the Trump Administration over-reached in trying to unilaterally keep families apart from each other, in violation of the Supreme Court’s prior ruling. The Supreme Court did stay Judge Watson’s order with respect to refugees covered by a formal assurance, pending resolution by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. We are currently preparing our arguments for the Ninth Circuit to resolve that issue.”
A copy of the Supreme Court’s order is attached.
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For more information, contact:
Joshua A. Wisch
Special Assistant to the Attorney General
Phone: (808) 586-1284
Email: [email protected]
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