HOUSTON: A judge has ordered the US government not to enforce a ban on asylum for people who cross the southern border illegally, another court setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to impose new immigration restrictions without congressional approval.
US District Judge Jon Tigar agreed Monday with legal groups that immediately sued after President Donald Trump issued a November 9 proclamation saying anyone who crossed the southern border between official ports of entry would be ineligible for asylum. The administration argued that caravans of migrants approaching the southern border made the new restrictions immediately necessary.
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