“This incident happened after the travel ban was stopped by court order”
Huh? The court only struck down one section of the EO that has nothing to do with this case. This guy is not from any of the 7 countries.
Trump gave border agents the authority to block anybody at their discretion. They are doing doing extreme vetting, etc.
You know that. I know that. The authors probably knew it also but chose to use it as a cudgel against the Trump administration anyway.