Trump Says He’s Considering New Order On Immigration

MEP: US President Donald Trump has said he is considering a new executive order to ban citizens of certain countries from travelling to the country though he expressed confidence that he will win the legal battle over the immigration ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Trump made the remarks on Friday aboard Air Force One on his way to Florida, after his administration suggested it would not ask the Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision that keeps the travel ban frozen.

He said: “We also have a lot of other options, including just filing a brand new order.”

Asked if he meant a new executive order, he said: “It very well could be. We need speed for reasons of security, so it very well could be.”

Trump said that he would probably act next Monday or Tuesday.

“New security measures. We have very, very strong vetting. I call it extreme vetting and we’re going very strong on security. We are going to have people coming to our country that want to be here for good reason,” he said.

Earlier in the day, Trump said that he will introduce new measures as early as next week to keep the country safe against threats, indicating a new executive order is coming.

Speaking at the White House Mr. Trump said: “We will be doing something very rapidly to do with the additional security for our country. You’ll be seeing that sometime next week,”

“In addition, we will continue to go through the court process and ultimately, I have no doubt we will win that particular case,” Mr. Trump told reporters during a joint news conference on Friday with the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

“We are going to keep our country safe. We are going to do whatever is necessary to keep our country safe. We have had decision which we think will be very successful with, it shouldn’t have taken this much time because safety is a primary reason,” Mr. Trump said.

“One of the reasons I am standing here today, the security of our country, the voters felt I would give it the best security,” he said indicating that, despite the court setback, he would continue with his efforts for the safety and security of the US.

“While I’ve been President, which is just for a very short period of time, I’ve learned tremendous things that you could only learn, frankly, if you were in a certain position, namely President,” he said.

Mr. Trump said there are tremendous threats to the country.

“We will not allow that to happen, I can tell you that right now. So we’ll be going forward and we’ll be doing things to continue to make our country safe. It will happen rapidly and we will not allow people into our country who are looking to do harm to our people,” he said.