The top prosecutor in Washington said Thursday that his office was filing a motion to block president Donald Trump's Revised travel ban targeting citizens of six Muslim countries .
Attorny General Bob Ferguson, whose state was the first to sue over Trump's initial travel ban that created chaos and was eventually blocked, said at least three other states are expected to join the new legal battle.
He said his motion calls on an existing injunction against the travel ban issued in January to be applied to the new directive .
" we are asserting that the president cannot unilaterally declare himself free of the court's restraining order and injunction" Ferguson told reporters .
"It is our view that the temporary restraining order that we had already obtained remains in effect."
He said, although the revised order issued on Monday was narrower in scope, it still could be challenged on the constitutional ground.
Hawaii filed the first legal challenge on the new executive order.
The new order denies US entry to all refugees for 120days and halt for 90days the granting of visas to nationals from Iran, Syria , Libya, Somalia , Yemen and Sudan. It is due to take effect on march 16
The first order has also applied to the citizen of Iraq but the country was dropped in the new list .
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