Thus far, not a great morning for the White House

Federal judge expands list of family relationships with U.S. citizens that visa applicants can use to get into U.S. https://t.co/AS5LDhx1mB pic.twitter.com/TnK5JJShAf

— ABC News (@ABC) July 14, 2017

“… U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson on Thursday ordered the government not to enforce the ban on grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the United States.

“Common sense, for instance, dictates that close family members be defined to include grandparents,” Watson said in his ruling. “Indeed grandparents are the epitome of close family members.”

Watson also ruled that the government may not exclude refugees who have formal assurance and promise of placement services from a resettlement agency in the U.S. …”