President Trump said Thursday that he will issue a new executive order on immigration by next week, and Justice Department lawyers asked a federal appeals court to hold off on taking action in the legal battle over his initial travel ban until that new order is in place. Instead, the administration indicated in its filing that it expects that a revamped executive order will eliminate judges’ concerns, even those the Justice Department views as unfounded. The legal wrangling, though, is far from over, and even a new executive order will not necessarily end the need for it. “Rather than continuing this litigation, the President intends in the near future to rescind the Order and replace it with a new, substantially revised Executive Order to eliminate what the panel erroneously thought were constitutional concerns,” the lawyers wrote. The president has broad authority to set immigration policy, but federal judges nationwide have ruled against Trump’s particular travel ban.

Source: Washington Post February 16, 2017 19:49 UTC