by Donald Wood
Last updated: 11:43 AM ET, Wed October 11, 2017
The United States Supreme Court has dismissed one of two cases against President Donald Trump's travel ban Tuesday.
According to The Associated Press, the Supreme Court ruled to drop the case against President Trump's original travel ban that expired in September. The new executive order is expected to take effect October 18 and is also facing opposition in the courts.
While the court ruled to dismiss the original case filed in Maryland, the justices took no action on a separate case from Hawaii which disputes both the travel ban and a ban on refugees. The latter ban doesn't expire until October 24.
The Supreme Court initially opted to combine the two cases, but when the original travel ban expired and a new executive order was signed, justices decided to shift their focus and canceled the argument scheduled for Tuesday.
The third version of President Trump's travel ban impacts citizens from seven countries, including Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. It also calls for the suspension of non-immigrant visas for government officials and their immediate families from Venezuela.
To help strengthen the new executive order's chance of holding up in court, valid visas will not be revoked and there will be case-by-case waivers for citizens from the impacted countries who meet a specific criterion. Of all the countries mentioned in the original travel ban, only Sudan was exempt from the new order.
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The Department of Homeland Security said the latest travel ban is aimed at countries which have failed to take necessary security precautions or have not shared sufficient information with U.S. government officials.
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