NOPE

Federal Judge Bars Trump Administration From Refusing Asylum-Seekers

Lawsuit challenged the president’s Nov. 9 proclamation declaring a ban.

A federal judge temporarily barred the Trump administration late Monday from enforcing a policy to refuse asylum to immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Judge Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a temporary restraining order after the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights sued in response to President Trump’s ban on asylum-seekers. Tens of thousands of immigrants request asylum each year at official ports of entry, but Trump sought to end the practice altogether with a Nov. 9 proclamation stating that anyone who crossed the border illegally would be automatically ineligible for asylum. The proclamation was widely panned by critics who said it violates international law.

SHUTTING THE DOOR

Trump Signs Proclamation Barring Asylum At Mexico Border

Scott Bixby