Trump’s revised travel ban suffers legal setback

It also temporarily halts the US refugee program that has been taking in refugees from these nations and others where ISIS atrocities and war have displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes.

This new version comes just a few weeks after Trump’s original order was met with confusion and anger throughout the country.

Inslee’s premise that Trump’s ban was “mean-spirited” – presuming the president’s motive behind the order – apparently formed the basis of the Seattle judge’s ruling.

President Trump’s revamped travel ban is a “substantial retreat” from his initial executive order, asserts Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, but the new one is still “mean-spirited”, warranting continued resistance.

Citizens of Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and Libya will face a 90-day suspension of visa processing as the administration continues to analyze how to enhance vetting procedures, according to a Homeland Security summary of the order. Like the old order, the new one prohibits entry to all refugees – people fleeing their homelands claiming persecution or fear of violence – for 120 days, but Syrian refugees are no longer barred indefinitely.

Meanwhile, Trump’s travel ban is scheduled to go into effect March 16, which could prompt Ferguson’s team to argue Trump is in contempt of court.

The state’s complaint says it is suing to protect its residents, businesses and schools, as well as its “sovereignty against illegal actions of President Donald J Trump and the federal government”. The Trump administration will set the cap amount at 50,000 people, a drop from the former Obama plan for 110,000 refugees.

The amount of refugees permitted into the USA will stay the same.

Trump signed the new order behind closed doors, and three of his Cabinet secretaries held a short press conference to announce it.

“We can not risk the prospect of malevolent actors using our immigration system to take American lives”, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly said.

Critics said the new order failed to address some other concerns, including the notion that the measure attempts to enact the Muslim ban Trump advocated during his campaign. The new order also struck language that referenced specific religious groups.

The original travel ban caused panic and chaos at airports around the country.

But Washington said Trump’s own aides have called the new order “the same basic policy”.

The U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “There may be future executive orders that affect our student, faculty or scholars and so we’re ready now to have responses and hope we never have to do it again”.

Original order: Restricted the global travel of about 500,000 current Green Card holders who are citizens of the seven targeted countries.

“We are going to enforce the law respectfully, humanely, and with professionalism, but we will enforce the law”, Kelly said of implementing the new order.

NY immigration attorney Ted Ruthizer said this ban will be “much, much tougher” for a federal judge to block.

Mr. Trump’s administration scrambled to declare that green-card holders and dual citizens would not be subject to the ban.

In an indication that the Washington challenge would likely become a major focal point of the continued legal resistances to Trump’s order, the states of NY and OR requested to join the case brought by Ferguson. The panel pointed to a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that left open the possibility that a U.S. citizen could sue on behalf of a non-American spouse trying to enter the country.

In another concession, individuals now in the USA who plan to travel overseas to one of the six countries will be able to return at the end of their trip.