White House delays revamped immigration order to next week
WASHINGTON - The White House has pushed back the release of a new executive order to replace its directive suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries, a White House official said on Wednesday.
The order is now expected to be issued "sometime next week," the official said. President Donald Trump said last week he expected to release the new order this week.
Trump said the new directive will address legal concerns raised in Washington state, San Francisco and elsewhere about the original order, which was issued on Jan. 27.
The order, which was quickly implemented, caused chaos at airports around the world as visa holders heading to the United States were pulled off planes or turned around upon arrival at US airports.
