A US judge has issued a temporary nationwide block on Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban.<br /><br /> The Seattle based judge ruled against government lawyers saying that there was a strong chance that a legal challenge against the ban would be successful. <br /><br /> The White House described the ruling as “outrageous”. <br /><br /> But Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson, hailed the decision. <br /><br /> ‘‘It’s obviously a historic decision and an important for the rule of law and for the people of the state of Washington and for the people of our country. I said form the beginning, it is not the loudest voice that prevails in a courtroom, it’s the Constitution,” Ferguson said. <br /><br /> Since president Trump’s order, the State Department has said some 60,000 visas have been revoked. That’s lower than the 100,000 earlier reported. <br /><br /> The action banned travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries. <br /><br /> Trump has faced widespread condemnation and large-scale protests both at home and abroad over the measure.<br />
