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International Desk: US President Donald Trump said Friday he is considering drafting a new order to ban migrants from majority-Muslim nations after his initial decree fell afoul of the law.<\/p>\nInternational Desk: US President Donald Trump said Friday he is considering drafting a new order to ban migrants from majority-Muslim nations after his initial decree fell afoul of the law.<\/p>\n
Insisting that he has the law on his side despite two defeats in federal court in quick succession, Trump said security concerns may necessitate a quicker response than legal channels would allow.<\/p>\n
\u2018The unfortunate part is that it takes time statutorily, but we will win that battle. We also have a lot of other options, including just filing a brand new order,\u2019 he said, adding that any action would not come before next week.<\/p>\n
The statement represents an embarrassing climbdown for Trump, who has insisted that the order was well drafted and who has nevertheless vowed to fight on in the courts.<\/p>\n
\u2018We need speed for reasons of security, so it very well could be,\u2019 Trump said when asked if his plan was to have a new measure drafted.<\/p>\n
Trump said Friday at a joint press conference with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that as president, he has learned of\u00a0 \u2018tremendous threats to our country.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018We\u2019ll be going forward and continuing to do things to make our country safe. It will happen rapidly,\u2019 he told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u2018We will not allow people into our country who are looking to do harm,\u2019 he said. \u2018We will allow lots of people into our country that will love our people and do good for our country.\u2019<\/p>\n
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\u2018Whatever is necessary\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n Trump\u2019s executive order issued in late January summarily denied entry to all refugees for 120 days, and travellers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days. Refugees from Syria were blocked indefinitely.<\/p>\n The White House has not provided any evidence to support Trump\u2019s view that a ban on travellers from the seven countries was urgently needed.<\/p>\n An appellate court decided unanimously on Thursday to maintain a block on Trump\u2019s order put in place by a lower court judge a week before.<\/p>\n The debacle has raised questions about the competence of Trump\u2019s White House in working through the practical and legal implications of the order.<\/p>\n The property mogul-turned-president was forced to sack the acting attorney general \u2014 an Obama administration holdover \u2014 after she refused to defend the order.<\/p>\n After first suggesting a quick appeal to the Supreme Court was off the table, US officials reversed course, insisting a legal challenge had not been dropped, including a possible motion to the high court.<\/p>\n \u2018We\u2019re keeping all our options open,\u2019 one official said.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, an appeal on the temporary freeze in the lower courts now seems unlikely.<\/p>\n Earlier Friday, Trump vowed to do \u2018whatever is necessary to keep our country safe.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018We\u2019ll be doing something very rapidly having to do with additional security for our country. You\u2019ll be seeing that sometime next week,\u2019 the president said.<\/p>\n \u2018In addition we will continue to go through the court process, and have no doubt we\u2019ll win that particular case,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n \n \u2018Disgraceful\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n The measure \u2014 given with no notice \u2014 set off detentions of incoming travellers, protests at airports and international condemnation until a federal judge in Seattle stepped in and suspended the order a week later.<\/p>\n In upholding the suspension, the US court of appeals in San Francisco said Thursday the government had provided no evidence that any alien from the countries named in the order had carried out a terrorist attack on US soil.<\/p>\n \u2018We hold that the government has not shown a likelihood of success on the merits of its appeal, nor has it shown that failure to enter a stay would cause irreparable injury,\u2019 the three-judge appellate panel ruled.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s initial reaction came minutes later on Twitter: \u2018SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!\u2019<\/p>\n He followed up early Friday with a tweet calling the court\u2019s ruling \u2018a disgraceful decision!\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" International Desk: US President Donald Trump said Friday he is considering drafting a new order to ban migrants from majority-Muslim nations after his initial decree fell afoul of the law. Insisting that he has the law on his side despite two defeats in federal court in quick succession, Trump said security concerns may necessitate a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n