Trump says he"ll issue new immigration ban next week

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President Trump says his administration will replace the travel ban stalled by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Video provided by Newsy Newslook

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President Trump said he will issue a new executive order next week to revive his temporary shutdown of the U.S. refugee program and ban against admitting immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries. The Jan. 27 order hasbeen blocked by federal judges.

During hispress conferenceThursday, Trump said he disagreed with rulings from two courts that have kept his order from being enforced since Feb. 3. But rather than continuing that legal fight, Trump said he will issue a new order that would survive legal scrutiny.

The new order is going to be very much tailored to what I consider to be a very bad (judicial) decision, Trump said.

The Department of Justice confirmed that strategy in a briefit filed Thursday, saying it would not seek another appeal from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals due to the presidents upcoming order.

Trumps executive ordertemporarily barred citizens of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen for 90 days, all refugees for 120 days, and Syrian citizens indefinitely. The order caused widespread chaos as people from those countries were detained at U.S. airports or prevented from boarding U.S.-bound flights around the world.

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In the days that followed, federal judges from Massachusetts to New York to Hawaii issued emergency stays prohibiting the Department of Homeland Security from implementing the order in their states. Then, on Feb. 3, District Judge James Robart in Seattle issued a nationwide temporary restraining order, arguing that Trumps ban likely violated the due process rights of citizens from the seven countries who had become legal permanent residents of the U.S. or had entered the country on valid visas.

Trump bashed that ruling, calling Robart a so-called judge.

The next stop was the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, where a three-judge panel issued a unanimous ruling on Feb. 9 upholding Robarts order. Trump also lashed out at those judges two appointed by Democratic presidents, one by a Republican accusing them of being politically motivated.

Trump saidthe temporary ban is necessary to give his intelligence agencies time to improve the screening process for foreigners trying to enter the country from terror-prone countries. He wants to institute extreme vetting procedures and saidfederal law gives him the power to suspend immigration from specificcountries because its in the national security interests of the U.S.

Attorneys representing Washington state and Minnesota, which filed the lawsuit against Trumps ban, conceded that presidents have broad powers to enforce immigration, but argued that Trump overstepped his authority. They saidTrumps order unfairly targeted people based ontheir religion as a result of his repeated promises to institute a Muslim ban. And they saidforeigners legally allowed to be in the U.S. were not given an opportunityto challenge their rightto enter the country.

One possible solution for Trump is to reissue a new order that only bars travel for people from those seven countries who have never entered the U.S. previously.

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