President Trump is expected on Monday to sign an executive order banning travel to the U.S. by people from at least six Muslim countries that the White House hopes can withstand court challenges.
Though the extent of changes to the current order remained unclear on Sunday, they reportedly will include removing Iraq from the travel ban, which may continue to apply to visitors who arrive from Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Iran and Libya. The order also is expected to clarify that lawful permanent residents and visa holders have due process rights and remove a provision that gave priority to refugee claims by Christians.
The Ninth Circuit last month refused to reinstate the ban, which was part of an executive order issued in January, after a federal judge blocked its effect nationwide.
The revised ban comes amid a flurry of charges by the president that his predecessor ordered investigators to listen to his phone calls during the presidential campaign as part of a government probe into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. President Obama has denied the charge.