A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Wednesday stopped the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that would bar almost all asylum ...
SAN FRANCISCO: A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Wednesday stopped the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that would bar almost all asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Judge Jon Tigar in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction blocking the rule, enacted on Jul 16, that would require asylum-seekers to first pursue safe haven in a third country through which they had travelled on their way to the United States.A different U.S. judge had allowed the new rule to go forward earlier on Wednesday in a separate lawsuit in Washington.
The ruling by Tigar, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, renders inconsequential the decision by the Washington-based judge, Timothy Kelly, appointed by President Donald Trump.
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