How legal challenges to Trump travel ban are playing out

Marjan K. Vayghan, left, gives a kiss to her uncle Ali Vayeghan as he arrives at the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Vayeghan, who had been turned away from the airport under President Donald Trump's executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations, returned Thursday to an emotional welcome from family members who greeted him with California-grown flowers and well-wishers who sang "This Land Is Your Land." (Ed Crisostomo/The Orange County Register via AP) Marjan K. Vayghan, left, gives a kiss to her uncle Ali Vayeghan as he arrives at the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Vayeghan, who had been turned away from the airport under President Donald Trump's executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations, returned Thursday to an emotional welcome from family members who greeted him with California-grown flowers and well-wishers who sang "This Land Is Your Land." (Ed Crisostomo/The Orange County Register via AP)

By Associated Press February 3, 2017 3 min read

Legal battles are playing out across the U.S. as opponents of President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations take their fight to the courtroom. Hearings were being held Friday in a few of the cases.

A look at some of the court challenges:

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MASSACHUSETTS

A federal judge in Boston is hearing arguments Friday on a request to extend a temporary injunction against the travel restrictions.