WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is planning to replace his soon-to-expire travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries with a new one tailored on a country-by-country basis and affecting slightly more nations, U.S. media reported on Friday. SUPREME COURT BATTLETrump, who promised as a candidate to impose “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” said the soon-to-expire ban was needed to protect the United States from terrorism. The legal question of whether that ban discriminates against Muslims in violation of the U.S. Constitution, as lower courts previously ruled, will be argued before the Supreme Court on Oct. 10. U.S. officials notified those governments that travel to the United States could be severely limited if they did not toughen their security standards, the Times reported. States including Hawaii, the American Civil Liberties Union and refugee resettlement agencies challenged the March order in court.

Source: Huffington Post September 22, 2017 15:23 UTC