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Washington: Fresh from a legal setback to his travel ban, US President Donald Trump is considering signing a new executive order on immigration and may not be planning to escalate the dispute over an earlier travel ban to the US Supreme Court.
Trump's executive order banning entry to the United States by refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries was put on hold by a federal judge in Seattle last week, and that suspension was upheld by an appeals court in San Francisco on Thursday. Trump later tweeted, saying "see you in court".
US President Donald Trump said during a surprise visit with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Florida that he was considering "a brand new order" that could be issued as soon as Monday or Tuesday.
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US President Donald Trump said during a surprise visit with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Florida that he was considering "a brand new order" that could be issued as soon as Monday or Tuesday.
MSNBC reported on Friday night local time that a senior official said the Trump administration would not ask the US Supreme Court to reconsider the ruling by the federal appeals court. The administration could still ask a larger panel of judges of the appeals court to reconsider the case.
Minutes later, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus reversed the earlier statement, saying the White House was "reviewing all of our options in the court system," including possibly going to the Supreme Court.
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Trump said during a surprise visit with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Florida from Washington that he was considering "a brand new order" that could be issued as soon as Monday or Tuesday if the administration decided to move in that direction.
The White House was not ruling out the possibility of rewriting Trump's January 27 order in light of the court actions, an administration official said.
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A White House official separately said: "We are actively considering changes or other executive orders that will keep our country safe from terrorism."
The official had said: "The temporary restraining order, we would not take to the Supreme Court, but we are reviewing all options in the court system."
Trump's order, which he has called a national security measure to head off attacks by Islamist militants, barred people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering for 90 days and all refugees for 120 days, except refugees from Syria, who are banned indefinitely.