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San Francisco Giants left fielder Jarrett Parker broke his right collarbone Saturday after slamming into the outfield wall while robbing DJ LeMahieu of a potential extra-base hit.

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Giants LF Jarrett Parker Breaks Collarbone After Crashing into Wall During Catch

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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Back? He’s Not Ruling Out a 2018 Senate Run

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Trump admin outlines plan to crack down on undocumented immigrants

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But the Trump administration also emphasizes that it is leaving intact the DACA program -- President Barack Obama's protections for so-called DREAMers -- even if the new rules chip away at protections for undocumented migrants overall.

DHS officials told reporters Tuesday that while the guidance memos expand the federal government's ability to empower state and local law enforcement agencies to perform the functions of immigration officers, no National Guard troops will be deployed to round up immigrants in the US.

The fundamental shift in US policy will likely continue to provoke fear in immigrant communities of a vast expansion of the government's use of its enforcement powers to potentially deport undocumented immigrants who have lived in their communities for years, and may have family members who are legal US residents or citizens.

DHS officials say the policies mostly enforce existing law and won't lead to an immediate massive round-ups of undocumented immigrants.

"We're not going to start changing this today, it's not going to start happening tomorrow," the official said of an expansion of who is eligible for expedited deportation. "You will not see folks rounded up or anything of the sort."

The memos, which were obtained and reported on by CNN over the weekend, serve to expand upon the orders, which are unrelated to the controversial travel ban currently tied up in the courts and being re-written by the White House.

The guidance explains how the administration plans to put in place the goals dictated in Trump's executive orders, including vastly increasing the resources to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, building a wall along the southern border and taking a hard-line position on undocumented immigrants.

DHS officials repeatedly tried to emphasize that the policies are not an expansion of existing law.

"We're just simply trying to execute what Congress and the President has asked us to do," an official said. "We're going to do so professionally (and) humanely ... but we are going to execute the laws of the United States."

DACA impact

Language was included explicitly saying Obama's executive orders protecting young undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children and undocumented parents of US citizens would be an exception to a mandate that "the Department no longer will exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement."

A DHS official briefing reporters on the orders made note from the top that the policies would not be affected.

"No. 1: None of this affects DACA. No. 2, none of this affects DAPA/expanded DACA," the official said, adding that the latter policy is currently being blocked by the courts either way.

The guidance is still unclear in many respects. It rescinds Obama executive orders besides the deferred action for children and parents of citizens -- but notes that only "to the extent of the conflict" with new guidance, meaning some policies will remain in place.

For example, a fact sheet released by the department says that rules keeping churches and schools as off-limits from enforcement actions remain in operation.

Asked about the confusion over which policies do and do not remain in place, an official said, "There are a lot of internal policies and memoranda and procedures that have to be worked out individually and analyzed by the legal departments. ... That's a very deliberate project that will be conducted."

But the official emphasized the "sensitive locations" policy remains in place, and a second official said the rescinding of previous guidance largely applies for now to policy about prosecutorial discretion.

Through the memos, Kelly expands the government's immigration enforcement by instructing agencies to implement unused parts of existing law and by clarifying standards for certain protections, which add up to having sweeping implications for the processing of undocumented immigrants in the US.

Broad discretion

While DHS officials stressed that the agency will use its limited resources to target "criminals," as Trump has said, they also acknowledged that people who were not targeted for deportation under Obama could be eligible in this administration -- giving broad latitude to agents in the field and regional offices to make decisions.

"The fact that you are not a priority does not exempt you from potential enforcement," an official said, adding that people with crimes like DUIs and status violations, or noncriminal histories but a final order of removal could be subject to deportation.

The Trump administration has set new enforcement priorities that could apply to virtually every undocumented immigrant in the US -- whereas the Obama administration had focused on serious and violent criminals -- sending fear through immigrant communities about indiscriminate arrests. Stepped-up ICE enforcement earlier this month, which netted nearly 700 arrests nationwide, only amplified fears. While similar enforcement actions were conducted under the Obama administration, anecdotes spread of nonthreatening undocumented immigrants being caught up amplified fears.

The memos reinforce giving broad leeway to immigration officers to make immediate decisions about whom to arrest and says officers should begin actions against individuals they meet in the course of their official duties.

The goal is to free immigration officers and law enforcement to make decisions, after critics of Obama's policies described them as having their hands tied.

But the administration also explicitly reserves the right to expand and prioritize targets, such as "against removable aliens who are convicted felons or who are involved in gang activity or drug trafficking."

Changes to use of laws

The new plan vastly grows the number of individuals who can be deported using "expedited removal" procedures, which affords immigrants almost no court proceedings.

Under the new policy, if someone can't prove he or she has been living in the US continuously for two years, he or she could now be eligible for expedited removal. Previously, this was limited in practice to people apprehended within 100 miles of the border and who had arrived within the past two weeks.

The memos also make a series of changes as part of ending so-called "catch and release," where undocumented immigrants awaiting court proceedings are granted parole and leave to enter the country pending court dates that can be years in the future.

It places stricter limits on who can be paroled instead of detained, making detention pending court proceedings the default for thousands of immigrants. In an attempt to deal with the potential strain on limited detention resources, Kelly orders a surge in immigration judges and facilities.

More difficult for asylum seekers

Along these lines, the guidance also makes it more difficult to receive asylum protections, a key exception to "expedited removal" that often lets people stay in the US as they await a final ruling on their eligibility for asylum.

Without explicitly changing the standard for "credible fear" -- the threshold at which asylum seekers are granted permission to continue to pursue court hearings on their asylum claim -- the guidance makes clear that asylum officers can use more discretion in determining an individual's credibility, and use their own knowledge to weigh against what migrants claim about potential persecution or torture back home.

Another change: Once people reach the credible fear point, instead of waiting for their full hearings on asylum in the US, the new guidance makes use of a law that allows non-Mexican migrants to be sent to Mexico to wait, provided they arrived through Mexico. The change could send potentially tens of thousands of non-Mexican migrants back over the border, and would largely apply to Central Americans who flee violence, gangs and drug cartels to seek refuge in the US.

DHS will also explore a video conference system to potentially keep these individuals in Mexico even for their court hearing, which could be conducted remotely.

Unaccompanied minors

In further tightening of protections that allow more leniency to certain immigrants, the administration is also looking to limit protections for unaccompanied minors that seek to enter the US.

The executive order notes that in some cases, individuals continued to receive protection as unaccompanied alien children even when they had a parent or guardian living illegally in the US, saying it led to "abuses" of the system.

Kelly's memo calls for new guidance to end those "abuses" -- which could restrict the eligibility that was previously given to all minors under 18 who arrived without a parent or guardian in the US able to care for them.

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But the Trump administration also emphasizes that it is leaving intact the DACA program -- President Barack Obama's protections for so-called DREAMers -- even if the new rules chip away at protections for undocumented migrants overall.

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More than $100,000 found in someones oldTV set

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Kings beat the Lakers by 1 point on Valentines day

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Good fortune overcame sketchy play by the Sacramento Kings in the closing minutes after they blew a 13-point lead.

DeMarcus Cousins had 40 points and 12 rebounds, and the Kings hung on to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 97-96 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win.

"It was lousy basketball down the stretch," Cousins said. "We took a step backwards in the fourth quarter. We got too comfortable and made plays that aren't in our character. Quick shots and turnovers down the stretch is only going to help them. In our case it gave them some momentum and we almost lost it."

The Kings never gave up the lead in the fourth, when the Lakers outscored them 18-10 in the paint and 12-0 on fast-break points.

"This was actually a big win for us, believe it or not," said Darren Collison, who had 13 points. "We didn't lose focus. Normally in the past we will lose focus and we won't come out with that same urgency that we did after we win a few games."

Reserve guard Lou Williams scored 19 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Lakers, who tied the game 91-all on his 3-pointer with 1:31 left.

"Lou Williams is a hired-gun professional scorer, heck of a player and had a terrific game and really gave us fits," Kings coach Dave Joerger said.

Los Angeles pulled even twice more, including on another 3 by Williams, but couldn't overcome Cousins, who scored the final 10 points for Sacramento.

"When he caught it, we were trying to bring two guys toward him," Lakers guard Nick Young said. "He's strong. He's big and he can score around the rim. It's a tough matchup for anybody."

Williams' potential game-winning 3 went wide right of the basket at the buzzer. He was 4 of 11 from long range.

Lakers starters Julius Randle and D'Angelo Russell didn't play in the fourth. Randle finished with 11 points and Russell had eight.

"They earn that chance," coach Luke Walton said.

The Lakers have lost four of six and remain one shy of their 20th victory. Williams sees reason for optimism, though.

"We're playing with better purpose," he said. "I think guys understand it's a bad taste in your mouth to lose consistently. We're starting to grow up in that area. I'd like us to play well enough for fans to understand we're a work in progress."

The Lakers got within two in the third only to have the Kings run off nine points in a row and extend their lead to 68-57. Williams made a 3 and another basket, and Larry Nance Jr. scored to cut Sacramento's lead to 70-64 heading into the fourth.

Cousins scored 12 points in the opening quarter when the Kings dominated in the paint, 20-8, and shot 67 percent.

Collison scored five in a 10-0 run during the second quarter. Young's 3-pointer got the Lakers within two at halftime.

TIP-INS

Kings: Own a 2-1 lead in the season series. ... The twin sons of G Matt Barnes had second-row seats behind Lakers co-owner Jeanie Buss. ... G Ty Lawson sat out with a left adductor magnus strain. ... Also out were F Omri Casspi, F Rudy Gay and G Garrett Temple.

Lakers: G Jordan Clarkson had a wrap on his sprained right thumb after the game. "It's a little messed up," he said. ... With three days between games, the team practiced once and participated in a hot yoga session. Walton said his only request to the players was not to leave if they didn't like the activity. "Just lie there and enjoy the silence," he advised them. ... Denzel Washington and his wife shared a Valentine's Day meal of hot dogs and popcorn. ... Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig laughed it up courtside and posed for selfies.

MAGIC'S INFLUENCE

Magic Johnson, newly hired as an adviser to Buss, has been talking to the media about his role with the team. He is set to meet next week with GM Mitch Kupchak and co-owner and executive vice president of basketball operations Jim Buss. Walton anticipates meeting with Johnson at some future date.

"Magic and I will sit down and talk," Walton said. "I'm excited about it."

Johnson has said one of his first calls would be to Kobe Bryant to see if the retired Lakers superstar would like any kind of role with the team.

Walton said he's spoken to Bryant this season, but there were no plans to bring him in.

"He's given me advice on ways to work with some of these young, talented guys," Walton said. "Trying to tap into the best way to communicate and get (through) to them."

UP NEXT

Kings: At Golden State on Wednesday in their last game before the All-Star break. The Kings are 4-8 in the second game of a back-to-back.

Lakers: At Phoenix on Wednesday before the break begins. The Lakers are 3-9 in the second game of a back-to-back.

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Cousins scores 40 points, Kings hold off Lakers 97-96

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Good fortune overcame sketchy play by the Sacramento Kings in the closing minutes after they blew a 13-point lead. DeMarcus Cousins had 40 points and 12 rebounds, and the Kings hung on to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 97-96 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win.

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Bombed car kills 48 people in Baghdad

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At least 48 people have been killed in Baghdad in the third blast in the Iraqi capital in three days, security and medical sources say.

A car packed with explosives blew up near car dealerships in the Shia area of Bayaa in the south of the city. More than 50 people were injured.

The Islamic State (IS) group claimed the attack, saying it targeted "a gathering of Shias".

At least 24 people were killed in other attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Baghdad saw a wave of deadly suicide attacks by IS in the first few days of 2017, but the number had dropped until recently.

An AFP reporter at the scene of Thursday's bomb reported seeing numerous burnt-out vehicles, and blood on the ground.

Security sources said the bomb was detonated in a busy street and was the deadliest attack in Baghdad for several months. A plume of smoke from the blast could be seen above the Bayaa neighbourhood for much of the day.

Medics have warned the number of fatalities and injuries could rise as they struggle to cope with scores of people wounded in the attack.

It is thought that car dealerships may present convenient targets for the militants because it is easy for them to leave vehicles laden with explosives alongside lots of other vehicles that are also parked in the same area.

As the clear-up operation gets underway, distressed relatives are reported to be at the scene desperate to find news of their loved ones.

The IS group has stepped up its attacks since the Iraqi army, aided by US-led coalition strikes, launched its campaign to dislodge the Sunni militant group from its stronghold of Mosul in the north four months ago.

The militants now control the west of the city, while the eastern part is held by Iraqi forces and their allies.

On Wednesday, an attack on used-car dealers in the Habibya area of Sadr City, a suburb in the north of the Iraqi capital, left 18 dead.

On Tuesday, a car bomb in the south of Baghdad killed four people.

On 2 January, at least 35 people were killed in a bomb blast in Sadr City, in an attack claimed by IS.

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A 7-year-old girl got a head start into her career with an endearing letter to the “Google Boss.”

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A 7-year-old girl got a head start into her career with an endearing letter to the "Google Boss."

Chloe Bridgewater, who lives in Hereford, England, loves her tablet computer and robots. When she found out about Google - and the perks of working there with slides, go-karts and bean-bag chairs - she knew she had to work there.

Her father Andy told Business Insider that he told Chloe to "get the ball rolling" and send a letter to the tech company to see about a job.
EMMA WATSON APPEARED ON AN IPAD IN GRAND CENTRAL STATION
The letter begins with "Dear Google Boss" and goes on to make a pretty good case for the 7-year-old.

"My name is Chloe and I would like a job with Google. I also want to work in a chocolate factory and do swimming in the Olympics," she wrote.

"My dad said I can sit on bean bags and go down slides and ride go-karts in a job in Google," she continued before adding her love for tablets and robots. "My dad told me to give you an application to get a job in Google. I don't really know what one of them is but he said a letter will do for now."

Like any good cover letter, Chloe gave herself a boost, saying she does well in class and gets good grades.

"My dad gave me a game where I have to move a robot up and down squares, he said it will be good for me to learn about computers," she wrote.

She concluded with: "Thank you for reading my letter. I have only ever sent one other and that was to Father Christmas. Good bye."
CROWDSOURCING THE SKY: HUGE STAR DATABASE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
Much to their surprise, the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, sent a short response. Andy shared the photo on LinkedIn and it has gone viral.

Pichai told Chloe to keep learning about technology and to follow her dreams - from a job at Google to swimming at the Olympics.

"I look forward to receiving your job application when you are finished with school!" he wrote.

Google has confirmed that the letters between the tech CEO and young girl are real.

Chloe's father said on his post that she is now even more eager to do well at school and work at Google after receiving the letter.

"Can't thank such a busy person enough to take time out to make a little girl's dream become one step closer, although not sure she's fully aware that it'll take more than riding go karts and sleeping in pods to make it with Google!" he wrote.

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A 7-year-old girl got a head start into her career with an endearing letter to the "Google Boss." Chloe Bridgewater, who lives in Hereford, England, loves her tablet computer and robots. When she found out about Google - and the perks of working there with slides, go-karts and bean-bag chairs - she knew she had to work there.

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Jeff sessions sworn in

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US businesses and schools faced disruption on Thursday as workers and students stayed home to highlight the contribution of immigrants.

Schools, restaurants and grocery stores shut across the country, from Los Angeles to Chicago to New York.

Some schools saw student-led walkouts, despite appeals not to.

The Day Without Immigrants protest, spread by social media, urged foreign-born workers to refuse to participate in the US economy for a day.

About 50 restaurants in Washington were shut on Thursday, as well as in other cities including Boston and San Francisco.

At the Pentagon in Virginia, the heart of America's military where about 25,000 people work, at least seven restaurants announced they would be shut for the day.

In Massachusetts, Wellesley's College's art museum removed all artworks created or donated by immigrants.

In New Mexico, the US state with the highest percentage of Hispanic residents, many businesses were shuttered from Albuquerque to Santa Fe.

Standing in the 9th Street Market in Philadelphia, Rani Vasudeva was struck by the usually bustling hub of commerce's quietness.

"It's actually very sad," said the 38-year-old university professor. "You realise the impact the immigrant community has. We need each other for our daily lives."

Day of action around the US

Grocery stores, markets and restaurants in cities such as New Orleans, Philadelphia and Chicago were quiet during normal lunch hours

Rallies have taken place taken place in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Austin, Texas. Thousands of people have joined demonstrations in Chicago and Detroit

A Senate coffee shop closed down on Washington DC's Capitol Hill

The Los Angeles United School District, the nation's second largest district, rang parents to warn them.

"I urge students and staff not to disrupt learning by participating in protests or walkouts during the instructional day," chief-of-staff Alma Pena-Sanchez said in a voicemail message sent to parents.

One school in the US capital decided to close down for the day, in order to allow teachers to protest.

The 426 primary students of the Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School were given the day off in solidarity with the boycott.

Andy Shallal, who is closing several of his Washington-area restaurants, is from Iraq - one of the seven countries on Mr Trump's proposed travel ban executive order.

He told local media that "as an immigrant myself, I could not stand on the sidelines and watch the rest of my staff not be here. I wanted to make sure we are in solidarity with them".

One of the protest leaders, Spanish-American celebrity chef Jose Andres, had a public falling out with Donald Trump when he decided to pull out of a contract to open a restaurant in the president's new Washington hotel.

Mr Trump is currently suing him for $10m (£8m) for breach of contract; the chef is counter-suing for $8m (£6.4m).

A march was also planned for the White House.

Last month, nearly 500,000 protesters took to the streets of Washington to protest over the presidency of Donald Trump and to draw attention to issues affecting women.

How the boycott is being debated

Many social media users have taken to Twitter using the hashtag #DayWithoutImmigrants to weigh in on the debate.

In the last 24 hours the hashtag has been used almost 200,000 times.

@LyssaG21 tweeted: "Many of the immigrants in our country work low paying jobs that most Americans won't work for, remember that."

While others wanted to point out what they saw as the positives: "Finally a day when I will get an English speaking customer service rep" suggests @NAWparty.

But some were not happy.

This #DayWithoutImmigrants is a great idea. Hopefully they'll all pack up and go back home to save us the time and effort of deportations. @MarkDice

The social debate also wanted to make the distinction between illegal immigrants and economic migrants. @tumblrisntfacts tweeted: "A #DayWithoutImmigrants would be horrible. A day without ILLEGAL immigrants would be following the law."

But others argued that it was about standing up for communities who feel victimised "It's not about if you're LEGAL or ILLEGAL it's about finally speaking up." suggests @aesthetixsammy.

While @oxminaox posted: "To those of you protesting today, thank you. Many have fears and need people like you to raise your voices. Stay safe."

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US businesses and schools faced disruption on Thursday as workers and students stayed home to highlight the contribution of immigrants. Schools, restaurants and grocery stores shut across the country, from Los Angeles to Chicago to New York. Some schools saw student-led walkouts, despite appeals not to.

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bodies of missing Indiana girls found; police say they were killed.

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More than $100,000 found in old TV set

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Chicago man charged with murder of a 11-year-old girl

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President Trump stepped up his war Thursday on the officials leaking information about his presidency, vowing that they will be caught and punished.

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Telephone terrorism' has rattled 48 Jewish centers. Is anyone paying attention?

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$100k found in an old TV set. There were 4 stacks of $50 bills.

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More than $100,000 in cash was found inside a television that was being processed at an Ontario recycling plant in January, CNN partner CTV Network reported this week. The money was found inside a cash box, stashed into the TV console.

"There was like, four stacks of $50 bills, and I knew it was a large amount of money," Rick Deschamps, general manager of the plant told CTV. Deschamps praised his employee for being honest and turning the box over to authorities.

Along with the money, there were documents that led police to the unidentified 68-year old owner of the TV, who told investigators that he gave the set to a friend 30 years ago. He had apparently forgotten that the money was inside.

His plan at the time was to give the money to family members as an inheritance, police said.

The friend finally got rid of the television, not knowing that his trash would turn out to be a friend's treasure.

Now that the man has been reunited with his cash, police had this advice.

"Hopefully he's put it in a savings account now," Barrie Police Const. Nicole Rodgers said.

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Trash to $100,000 treasure: Cash found in old TV

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More than $100,000 in cash was found inside a television that was being processed at an Ontario recycling plant in January, CNN partner CTV Network reported this week. The money was found inside a cash box, stashed into the TV console.

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Magic Johnson jersey got retired

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Dominican republic radio host dies on Facebook live the people watching heard two bangs then a woman scream then the host was following something off camera and it just abruptly ended

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Trump seizes on omission in court's travel ban ruling, plots next move

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President Trump got to work early Friday picking apart a federal court's decision not to reinstate his controversial travel ban, noting that the detailed 29-page order did not include one mention of the statute he claims gives him broad authority on immigration.

"A disgraceful decision!" Trump tweeted, while quoting an analyst who flagged the omission in a Lawfare blog post.

LAWFARE: "Remarkably, in the entire opinion, the panel did not bother even to cite this (the) statute." A disgraceful decision!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2017

The writer, Brookings fellow and Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes, had noted the order skipped over a key part of the U.S. code on " inadmissible aliens " which Trump had publicly recited on Wednesday in defense of his immigration restrictions.

The statute reads in part: "Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate."

Wittes wrote that this statute speaks to one of two "big questions" on which the case will turn.

He said the statute indeed gives Trump "sweeping power" to restrict entry, writing: "Remarkably, in the entire opinion, the panel did not bother even to cite this statute, which forms the principal statutory basis for the executive order (see Sections 3(c), 5(c), and 5(d) of the order). That's a pretty big omission over 29 pages, including several pages devoted to determining the government's likelihood of success on the merits of the case."

The Trump administration has pointed to that statute for days in defending the controversial move to suspend refugee admissions as well as travel and immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries.

A three-judge panel of the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals, though, declined to lift a lower-court ruling that suspended the policy on other grounds.

In their unanimous decision, the judges generally referred to the government's position that such presidential decisions on immigration policy are "unreviewable" - but rejected that argument.

"There is no precedent to support this claimed unreviewability, which runs contrary to the fundamental structure of our constitutional democracy," the judges wrote. "...Although our jurisprudence has long counseled deference to the political branches on matters of immigration and national security, neither the Supreme Court nor our court has ever held that courts lack the authority to review executive action in those arenas for compliance with the Constitution."

The ruling did address what Wittes said was the other "big" question at play: How statements from the president and his campaign team could "render an otherwise valid exercise of this power invalid."

This aspect pertains to past statements by Trump and his advisers that they were looking at ways to suspend immigration to the U.S. for Muslims. While the administration now insists this is not a "Muslim" ban, the states challenging the order say it violates the establishment and equal protection clauses of the Constitution because it was meant to target Muslims - pointing to the president's past statements and other factors.

The court wrote: "The States' claims raise serious allegations and present significant constitutional questions."

The Justice Department is now reviewing its options -- which include the possibility of appealing the matter to the Supreme Court, asking for a review from a broader panel of judges or taking the dispute back to the lower court. Or the White House could issue a revised order.

Trump tweeted overnight, "SEE YOU IN COURT," without specifying which court.

Wittes argued that the 9 th Circuit was right to leave the restraining order in place, "for the simple reason that there is no cause to plunge the country into turmoil again while the courts address the merits of these matters over the next few weeks."

Before the measure was put on hold, Trump's order caused chaos at airports amid confusion over which travelers were affected. Green-card holders initially were thought to be included in the freeze, though the Homeland Security Department later made clear they were exempt.

Wittes cautioned in his post that the fight over the merits is different than the battle that just played out in San Francisco: "Eventually, the court has to confront the clash between a broad delegation of power to the President-a delegation which gives him a lot of authority to do a lot of not-nice stuff to refugees and visa holders-in a context in which judges normally defer to the president, and the incompetent malevolence with which this order was promulgated."

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President Trump got to work early Friday picking apart a federal court's decision not to reinstate his controversial travel ban, noting that the detailed 29-page order did not include one mention of the statute he claims gives him broad authority on immigration.

"A disgraceful decision!" Trump tweeted, while quoting an analyst who flagged the omission in a Lawfare blog post.

LAWFARE: "Remarkably, in the entire opinion, the panel did not bother even to cite this (the) statute." A disgraceful decision!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2017

The writer, Brookings fellow and Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes, had noted the order skipped over a key part of the U.S. code on " inadmissible aliens " which Trump had publicly recited on Wednesday in defense of his immigration restrictions.

The statute reads in part: "Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate."

Wittes wrote that this statute speaks to one of two "big questions" on which the case will turn.

He said the statute indeed gives Trump "sweeping power" to restrict entry, writing: "Remarkably, in the entire opinion, the panel did not bother even to cite this statute, which forms the principal statutory basis for the executive order (see Sections 3(c), 5(c), and 5(d) of the order). That's a pretty big omission over 29 pages, including several pages devoted to determining the government's likelihood of success on the merits of the case."

The Trump administration has pointed to that statute for days in defending the controversial move to suspend refugee admissions as well as travel and immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries.

A three-judge panel of the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals, though, declined to lift a lower-court ruling that suspended the policy on other grounds.

In their unanimous decision, the judges generally referred to the government's position that such presidential decisions on immigration policy are "unreviewable" - but rejected that argument.

"There is no precedent to support this claimed unreviewability, which runs contrary to the fundamental structure of our constitutional democracy," the judges wrote. "...Although our jurisprudence has long counseled deference to the political branches on matters of immigration and national security, neither the Supreme Court nor our court has ever held that courts lack the authority to review executive action in those arenas for compliance with the Constitution."

The ruling did address what Wittes said was the other "big" question at play: How statements from the president and his campaign team could "render an otherwise valid exercise of this power invalid."

This aspect pertains to past statements by Trump and his advisers that they were looking at ways to suspend immigration to the U.S. for Muslims. While the administration now insists this is not a "Muslim" ban, the states challenging the order say it violates the establishment and equal protection clauses of the Constitution because it was meant to target Muslims - pointing to the president's past statements and other factors.

The court wrote: "The States' claims raise serious allegations and present significant constitutional questions."

The Justice Department is now reviewing its options -- which include the possibility of appealing the matter to the Supreme Court, asking for a review from a broader panel of judges or taking the dispute back to the lower court. Or the White House could issue a revised order.

Trump tweeted overnight, "SEE YOU IN COURT," without specifying which court.

Wittes argued that the 9 th Circuit was right to leave the restraining order in place, "for the simple reason that there is no cause to plunge the country into turmoil again while the courts address the merits of these matters over the next few weeks."

Before the measure was put on hold, Trump's order caused chaos at airports amid confusion over which travelers were affected. Green-card holders initially were thought to be included in the freeze, though the Homeland Security Department later made clear they were exempt.

Wittes cautioned in his post that the fight over the merits is different than the battle that just played out in San Francisco: "Eventually, the court has to confront the clash between a broad delegation of power to the President-a delegation which gives him a lot of authority to do a lot of not-nice stuff to refugees and visa holders-in a context in which judges normally defer to the president, and the incompetent malevolence with which this order was promulgated."

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Trump seizes on omission in court's travel ban ruling, plots next move

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President Trump got to work early Friday picking apart a federal court's decision not to reinstate his controversial travel ban, noting that the detailed 29-page order did not include one mention of the statute he claims gives him broad authority on immigration.