US Judge Blocks Trump Immigrant Visa Ban
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A judge in the United States has stopped a visa ban.
The ban came from President Trump's government.
It stopped people from 75 countries from getting immigrant visas.
An immigrant visa lets a person move to the US to live there.
The State Department made the rule. This is the US government office for other countries.
A federal judge works for the national government, not just one state.
The judge is in Manhattan, a part of New York City.
The judge said the ban was not legal.
This means people from those 75 countries can now ask for visas again.
The ruling is a big decision by the court.
It stops the ban from working now.
Vocabulary15 words
- immigrant visa
- a paper that lets a person move to a country to live there
- State Department
- the US government office that works with other countries
- federal judge
- a judge who works for the whole country, not one part of it
- ruling
- an official decision made by a judge
- ban
- a rule that stops something from happening
- suspend
- to stop something for a while
- affect
- to change or have an effect on someone or something
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- legal
- allowed by law
- court
- a place where judges make decisions about law
- policy
- a plan or rule used by a government
- citizen
- a person who belongs to a country
- block
- to stop something from happening
- decision
- a choice made after thinking
- restart
- to start again
Quiz
Answer key
1. A federal judge 2. 75 3. Manhattan
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A judge in the United States has stopped a _____ ban.
The ban came from President Trump's _____.
It stopped people from _____ countries from getting immigrant visas.
An immigrant visa lets a person move to the US to _____ there.
The _____ made the rule.
A federal judge works for the national government, not just one _____.
The judge is in Manhattan, a part of New York _____.
The judge said the ban was not _____.
This means people from those 75 countries can now _____ for visas again.
The ruling is a big _____ by the court.
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