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SUPREME COURT ZAPATA COUNTY
Justices to allow travel ban
Victims of 9/1 1 honored Officials, community took part in flag raising ceremony By César G. Rodriguez LAREDO MORNING TIME S
90-day prohibition expires in late September By Mark Sherman A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees. The justices on Tuesday agreed to an administration request to block a lower court ruling that would have eased the refugee ban and allowed up to 24,000 refugees to enter the country before the end of October. The order was not the court’s last word on the travel policy that President Donald Trump first rolled out in January. The justices are scheduled to hear arguments on Oct. 10 on the legality of the bans on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries and refugees anywhere in the world. It’s unclear, though, what will be left for the court to decide. The 90-day travel ban lapses in late September and the 120-day refugee ban will expire a month later. The administration has yet to say whether it will seek to renew the bans, make them permanent or expand the travel ban to other countries. Lower courts have ruled that the bans violate the Constitution and federal immigration law. The high court has agreed to review those rulings. Its intervention so far has been to evaluate what parts of the policy can take effect in the meantime. The justices said in June that the administration could not enforce the bans against people who have a “bona fide” relationship with people or entities in the United States. The justices declined to define the required relationships more precisely. Ban continues on A12
Zapata County leaders and community members took part in a flag raising ceremony Tuesday to honor the victims of Sept. 11, 2001. Authorities flew the flag half-staff to honor the victims and first responders who gave their life in the terror attacks 16 years ago. The ceremony concluded with a 21-gun salute and “Taps” playing. Zapata County Fire Department officials released a statement.
“(The fire department) will never forget those who gave some and some gave all. 343 firefighters lost their lives helping others. It is said that firefighters go in when everyone else runs out. Sometimes firefighters are unable to come back out but they are honored as heroes. “(Sept. 11) took us all by shock and it continues to torment us every day. Today, we remember everyone who dealt with this act of terrorism. All of you will always be our heroes. God bless you. And God bless America,” the department said in a statement.
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Zapata County leaders and community members held a flag raising ceremony to honor the victims of Sept. 11.
FLORIDA
IRMA EVACUEES TRAVEL BACK HOME Millions remain without power By Bill Barrow ASSOCIATED PRE SS
ATLANTA — With Irma having weakened into inland rainstorms, Floridians are beginning a mass migration back to a battered, waterlogged state where millions remains without power. But traffic maps, social media reports, gasoline trackers and the ever-reliable eye test all say it isn’t an easy trip Tuesday and won’t be in the days ahead. “As soon as we hit the state line, it was traffic jams and accidents,” said Elizabeth Priore of Fort Lauderdale, as she continued her return drive from Alpharetta, Georgia, late Tuesday afternoon. Priore said she had managed to find gas and open restaurants along the way, and she said Interstate 95 south of Jacksonville was “moving well.” Florida continues on A12
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A police officer directs motorists at a checkpoint as Florida Keys residents return to their homes in the upper keys on Tuesday in Florida City, Florida.
WHITE HOUSE
Pelosi open to compromise on border security By Erica Werner and Ken Thomas A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
WASHINGTON — The top House Democrat and a senior White House official both indicated Tuesday they are
open to compromise on border security to expedite legislation to help immigrants brought here illegally as children. White House legislative director Marc Short said at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast that despite Presi-
dent Donald Trump’s advocacy for a southern border wall, “I don’t want us to bind ourselves into a construct that makes reaching a conclusion on DACA impossible.” DACA refers to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
program created by former President Barack Obama, which has extended temporary work permits and deportation protection to nearly 800,000 younger immigrants brought to this country illegally as minors. Trump announced last
week he will dismantle the program in six months, and called on Congress to come up with a legislative solution before then. Separately, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said DemBorder continues on A12