ACLU sues Trump administration for blocking asylum applications
-- The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued to halt a Trump administration rule that would bar most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum at the U.S. border.
Under the new rule, asylum won’t be granted to anyone who hasn’t sought protection from persecution or torture from countries they traveled through to get to the U.S. The Justice Department and Homeland Security said the change was made because the asylum system is being abused. The government will now give priority to immigrants who have tried and failed to get asylum elsewhere and to victims of extreme forms of human trafficking.
The lawsuit opens a new front in the sprawling legal fight by immigration groups against President Donald Trump’s efforts to stop the flow of Central American immigrants into the U.S. Earlier challenges led to courts ordering the government to end the separation of children from their parents and to halt the prolonged internment of minors.
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