768 26/6/10 U.S. Court Rules 39-Country Immigration Policy Illegal

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1. A federal judge struck down a Trump administration immigration policy that affected 39 countries.

2. In a ruling harshly criticizing the administration, US District Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. said the policy threw the lives of countless immigrants living in the United States into indeterminate legal limbo.

3. The countless immigrants living in the United States into indeterminate legal limbo.

4. The policies enactedd after the National Guard shooting last year meant that immigrants from dozens of countries have been categorically barred from receiving final decisions on, among other things, their asylum, work permit, green card, and citiaenship applications. I'm Haya Panjwani.

Struck down (the past tense of strike down) means to officially cancel, abolish, or declare something illegal or unenforceable.

1. In Law and Politics: Most commonly, when a court or legislative body "strikes down" a law, rule, or policy, it means they have ruled it unconstitutional or illegal, making it null and void.

"The Supreme Court struck down the new voting restrictions, declaring them unconstitutional." 

2. In Health and Illness: When used in a medical or figurative sense, it means to be suddenly disabled, severely injured, or killed by a disease or disaster

"He was tragically struck down by a sudden illness in the prime of his life.