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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday afternoon filed notice that it would be appealing the preliminary injunction halting enforcement of the travel ban in President Trump's second executive order aimed at temporarily stopping the refugee program and travel from six majority-Muslim nations.
The appeal of the injunction, issued by US District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland, goes to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
The injunction by Chuang was the second, and more limited, order issued that halted enforcement of parts of the president's order nationwide.
The first, a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in Hawaii, covers all of sections 2 and 6 of the new executive order — the travel and refugee bans. Chuang's order, on the other hand, only covers section 2© — the specific section halting travel from the six countries for 90 days.
On Thursday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the administration would be appealing Chuang's injunction, so Friday's move had been expected.
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