Judge Restores Nationwide Injunction on Asylum Limits

San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar from California dealt a setback to a new Trump administration rule that sought to block almost all asylum applications at the border, ruling that an injunction against this rule should apply nationwide.

Judge Restores Nationwide Injunction on Asylum Limits

This rule would prohibit migrants who have resided in or traveled through third countries from seeking asylum in the US, therefore barring migrants traveling through Mexico from being able to claim asylum.

The administration in July issued a new fast-track asylum regulation to prevent migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. if they first pass through another country and don’t apply for protection in that nation.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed it to only border states within its jurisdiction, California and Arizona, and sent the question back to Tigar. He ruled it should apply across the entire.

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