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The Latest: Hawaii AG applauds judge’s travel ban ruling

FILE - In this June 30, 2017, file photo, Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin speaks at a news conference about President Donald Donald Trump's travel ban in Honolulu. Hawaii's push to expand the list of relatives exempt from President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries is bogged down in court, where it has bounced from a federal judge to a federal appeals court and back to the same federal judge. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
FILE - In this June 30, 2017, file photo, Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin speaks at a news conference about President Donald Donald Trump's travel ban in Honolulu. Hawaii's push to expand the list of relatives exempt from President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries is bogged down in court, where it has bounced from a federal judge to a federal appeals court and back to the same federal judge. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

HONOLULU (AP) – The Latest on a judge’s ruling expanding the list of relatives exempt from President Donald Trump’s travel ban (all times local):

6:45 p.m.

The Hawaii attorney general fighting President Donald Trump’s travel ban is lauding a ruling by a federal judge that expands the list of relationships to U.S. citizens that are exempt from the ban.

Attorney General Douglas S. Chin said Thursday that the court makes it clear that the administration “may not ignore the scope of the partial travel ban as it sees fit.”

Chin says, “Family members have been separated and real people have suffered enough” under the ban.