Donald Trump ‘DELAYS’ new ‘immigration ban’ order as he plans to avoid legal blocks
DONALD Trump has delayed the announcement of a new executive order which plans to replace the ban on migrants from seven Muslim-majority nations.
Trump has promised a new 'travel ban' but it is likely to face the same backlash as his first one
The new order is expected to be issued “sometime next week” according to an official which contradicts claims by Trump.
Trump said: “The new order is going to be very much tailored to what I consider to be a very bad decision.”
We had a bad court
“We had a bad court.”
The new executive order will not stop green card residency holders or travellers already on planes from entering the US, according to the Secretary of State for Homeland Security.
Protests over the executive order happened worldwide
A draft of the replacement executive order shows Trump plans to keep the restrictions on citizens from the same seven Muslim-majority countries covered by the initial order, according to the Wall Street Journal.
It remains to be seen what arguments will be made to defend the new executive order and the White House has already been warned it will also face legal action.
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ACLU official, Lee Gelernt, told Politico on Monday: “As long as there continues to be a ban, we will pursue our lawsuits.
“The discrimination that spurred the ban doesn’t simply disappear by the removal of a few words.”
Trump’s original order was condemned worldwide after its implementation caused chaos at US airports, including total confusion about the status of airline staff.
Prior to the courts slapping down Trump’s order, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson sought assurances that British dual-nationals of any of the seven countries would be allowed to enter the US as long as they were not coming from one of the targeted nations.
The White House will have a tread carefully with the new order
Virginia-based federal court of Judge Leonie Brinkema said the order “was not motivated by rational national security concerns” but “religious prejudice.”
She added: “Maximum power does not mean absolute power, every presidential action must still comply with the limits set by Congress’s delegation of powers.”