Trump gets 30-day deadline to reunite kids with families

The US Supreme Court yesterday upheld Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban targeting Muslim-majority nations, but the president’s “zero tolerance” crackdown on illegal immigration was put on hold for lack of places to detain families arrested at the Mexican border. The court ruling handed a major victory to Trump in a tortuous legal battle over the Republican leader’s efforts to restrict immigration. But it follows two embarrassing climbdowns on illegal migration, as Trump and Congress face mounting pressure to legislate a solution to the flashpoint issue.

The 5-4 ruling validated the third and most recent version of the ban, which applies to travelers from five mainly Muslim nations -- Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen -- and from North Korea, about 150 million people in total. Protesters took to the streets from Washington to Los Angeles and New York to bemoan the decision, and oppose the administration’s hardline approach on the southern border, where 2,000 children remain separated from their migrant parents. Trump’s executive order “does not exceed any textual limit on the president’s authority,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts.