White House Issues Statement After Federal Judge Pauses Travel Ban

Donald Trump and the White House have released an official statement following a ruling by a federal judge to pause the travel ban.

The statement explained that the Department of Justice plans to overrule the federal judge’s decision as soon as possible.

“At the earliest possible time, the Department of Justice intends to file an emergency stay of this order and defend the executive order of the President, which we believe is lawful and appropriate,” the statement read.

They went on the explain why they believed Donald‘s Executive Order to be lawful.

Although Donald has yet to personally tweet about the ruling, he did send out a tweet about import and export taxes minutes before the statement was released.

Click inside to read the entire statement from the White House…

“At the earliest possible time, the Department of Justice intends to file an emergency stay of this order and defend the executive order of the President, which we believe is lawful and appropriate. The president’s order is intended to protect the homeland and he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect the American people.

“As the law states, ‘Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.’”