Trump Moves to End U.S. Asylum for Central American Migrants
- President has focused on immigration amid his 2020 campaign
- ACLU says it will sue to block ‘patently unlawful’ action
Members of the migrant caravan climb over the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Dec. 3, 2018 while crossing into San Diego, California from Tijuana, Mexico.
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President Donald Trump moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants who cross the U.S. southern border as he steps up his crackdown on immigration.
Migrants who fail to apply for protection from persecution or torture while in a third country before entering the U.S. would be ineligible for asylum, under a rule set to be published Tuesday in the Federal Register by the Trump administration.