ACLU files lawsuit against presidential order

A civil liberties group has accused US President Donald Trump of violating the religious freedom of some nationals from the seven Muslim countries barred from entering the United States. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in a California federal court. The suit also accuses Trump of violating the free speech and due process rights of those affected by the ban. The lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit are three student-visa holders, including a Yemeni national who left the United States and is unable to go back. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of actions challenging the executive order signed by the president. International aid group Oxfam America, as well as the state of Massachusetts, joined the chorus of criticism earlier this week against Trump’s executive order on immigrants.

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