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A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order halting the admission of refugees into the United States. The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Jamal Whitehead, a Biden appointee, is the first to block Trump’s order indefinitely suspending the United States Refugee Admissions Program. Whitehead said the president’s order likely “crossed the line.” The order, one of many the president signed on his first day in office, describes the country as “inundated with record levels of migration” over the past four years, threatening resources for U.S. citizens. The order says Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...

RUSH: Okay, we got some polling data in on the Trump executive order. Rasmussen: 33% — only 33% — oppose the ban. Only 33%. Now, you compare that with the way the media has portrayed these protesters and the movement and the supposed national outrage to this, a full 57%, which we’re gonna round up to 65% — well, there’s some unaccounted for here, there’s some don’t-knows and what’s the question-type answers. But 57% in the first poll supported Trump’s temporary ban. This was not turning our backs on refugees. This whole thing is so mindless. I can’t tell you...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries, according to several congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter. Trump, who tweeted on Tuesday night that a "big day" was planned on national security on Wednesday, is expected to order a multi-month ban on allowing refugees into the United States except for religious minorities escaping persecution, until more aggressive vetting is in place. Another order will block visas being issued...