Trump's immigration hawks grapple with new court blow
The courts have struck another blow to President Trump’s approach to immigration — but his backers insist the ruling is evidence of a liberal bias in the courts, rather than a sign there’s a problem with Trump’s stance.
The administration had sought to force people seeking asylum in the United States to come only through official ports of entry.
It portrays that policy as a response to the migrant caravan that originated in Central America, with the U.S. southern border as the group's destination. More broadly, Trump asserts there is a pattern of people with no legitimate claim to asylum pursuing such claims in order to circumvent immigration laws.
But U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar pushed back in a ruling released Monday, noting that existing law stipulates that people can claim asylum from anywhere on U.S. soil.
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