Trump's Policy Banning Most Asylum-Seekers Has Been Blocked By A Judge

[Judi Lynn]

Source: BuzzFeed News

Hundreds of thousands of Central Americans and others were expected to have been affected by restrictions that went into place last week.

Hamed Aleaziz
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on July 24, 2019, at 8:06 p.m. ET
Posted on July 24, 2019, at 7:24 p.m. ET



Central American immigrants wait in line at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico.


A federal court judge in San Francisco on Wednesday blocked a policy banning asylum for thousands of Central Americans and others who cross through Mexico to reach the southern border, dealing a significant blow to the Trump administration’s effort to restrict immigration.

As he granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday, Judge Jon Tigar, who was appointed by former president Barack Obama, said the Trump administration had overstepped by making a radical change to established asylum law.

“Under our laws, the right to determine whether a particular group of applicants is categorically barred from eligibility for asylum is conferred on Congress,” Tigar wrote.

Tigar’s order requires the Department of Homeland Security to immediately suspend implementation of the policy, which bars asylum for anyone who crosses through a third country but does not apply there for protection before reaching the US.

Read more: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/trumps-policy-banning-most-asylum-seekers-blocked

[wasupaloopa]

1. If we wanted to we could have families in the country

who could take in or foster an asylum family until their court hearing.

Or a church group pool money to help out.

That’s what happened to the Vietnamese boat people.

Being a Vietnam vet I was asked to help out by a church who sponsored a Vietnam refugee family.

The church provided an apartment and appliances. A local car dealer gave the father a job cleaning cars.