Mike Pence confident of reversing judge's decision on travel ban
Mike Pence said that Donald Trump was clear to put the safety of Americans first.
Washington,
Feb
6:
US
Vice
President
Mike
Pence
said
that
the
Trump
administration
will
use
"all
legal
means
at
our
disposal"
to
reverse
the
federal
judge's
decision
on
the
President's
travel
ban,
media
reports
said.
"We
are
going
to
win
this
argument,"
Pence
on
Sunday
said
in
an
interview
on
Fox
News.
"From
the
outset
of
his
campaign
and
administration,
the
President
of
the
United
States
has
made
it
clear
to
put
the
safety
of
the
American
people
first,"
he
said.
The Trump administration on Saturday launched an appeal of the Friday decision by federal Judge James Robart to issue a temporary restraining order blocking the immigration ban that for more than a week had impeded entry into the country for citizens of Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Iran, Iraq and Yemen, Efe news reported.
On Saturday night, however, a federal appeals court denied the administration's request to have the restraining order lifted, thus preventing the immigration ban from being reinstated.
Judge Robart "made the wrong decision," said Pence in the Sunday interview, asserting that "under statutory law and under the Constitution, that authority belongs to the President.
Trump railed at Robart on Twitter on Saturday, calling him a "so-called judge" and accusing him of taking "law-enforcement away from our country," adding that his ruling "is ridiculous and will be overturned!"
IANS