The Supreme Court lifts restrictions on Trump’s travel ban.

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Maria Pimentel Diaz

The Supreme Court dismissed one of two cases against President Donald Trump’s travel ban Tuesday.

Trump signed an executive order in January that banned visitors from seven muslim-majority countries which has expired — Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Iraq was later removed from the ban. 

The Supreme Court states the case against the ban expired “on its own terms” on Sept. 24. It no longer presents itself as a “live case or controversy.”

The case was handed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit with instructions to dismiss the restrictions placed that challenge the order.

With this new dismissal, the Supreme Court will avoid ruling on the travel ban for the time being.

Trump proposed a new ban that affects eight countries — North Korea, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Venezuela and Chad. On Oct. 18, the third and latest revision of the proposed ban will take affect, according to ABC News.