WASHINGTON: A US federal judge on Saturday lifted Trump administration restrictions that barred some refugees from the country, the latest in a series of immigration-related legal setbacks for the president, reports AFP.

The United States said in October that it would resume accepting refugees after a 120-day ban ordered by President Donald Trump expired, but some—including those from 11 “high-risk” countries, most of which are Muslim majority—were still barred from entering.

In his ruling on Saturday, Judge James Robart ordered American authorities to resume processing and admitting so-called “follow-to-join” refugees, which would once again allow the spouse and unmarried children of a refugee already in the country to be admitted.

And he also ordered that “follow-to-join” refugees and “other refugees with a bona fide relationship to a person or entity within the United States” from the 11 “high-risk” countries be processed and admitted as well.