Ruling followed a legal challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - A US federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s new regulation restricting asylum access at the US-Mexico border, upending a key tenet of his plan to deter migration after
The ruling followed a legal challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups, who revived a 2018 case brought against similar asylum restrictions implemented by Trump that Judge Tigar previously struck down.without seeking protection elsewhere first, or if they failed to use legal pathways for US entry.after the new regulation went into place. Whether the trend will continue if the new asylum restrictions are blocked remains unclear.
Finding refuge in a third country, such as Belize, Mexico or Colombia, is “infeasible” due to limited processing capacity and other factors in those countries, he said. US law only permits limiting migrants’ access to asylum if they pass through a country that “actually presents a safe option,” he said.
Judge Tigar said evidence presented in the case “suggests that migrants waiting in Mexico are at serious risk of violence.”
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