Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed Democrat-supported legislation that sought to bar the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from enforcing President Donald Trump's March executive order restricting entry for immigrants from a group of predominantly Muslim, Middle Eastern countries.

Christie's move comes two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court partially upheld the executive order.

The Democrat-controlled Legislature passed a bill, S-3006, that would have prohibited the Port Authority, which operates the New York region's airports and ports, from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on enforcing the order.

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