WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s revamped travel ban faced another legal challenge Friday when the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint on behalf of several refugee assistance groups over the controversial executive order. The first order had also applied to citizens of Iraq but the country was dropped from the new list. ‘Still a Muslim ban’Meanwhile, the state of Maryland said Friday it would join a suit filed by the attorney general from Washington state, which also has the support of Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, and Oregon. “President Trump’s second executive order is still a Muslim ban,” Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said in a statement. The White House cites national security in justifying the ban, arguing that it needs time to implement “extreme vetting” procedures to keep Islamic militants from entering the country.

Source: Manila Times March 11, 2017 04:18 UTC