Trump’s ‘Death to Asylum’ Overhaul Is Halted by U.S. Judge
- U.S. judge issues injunction against Homeland Security agency
- Biden administration will have to decide whether to appeal
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The Trump administration’s final attempt to restrict U.S. asylum laws aimed at immigrants fleeing from oppression -- coined “death to asylum” by its opponents -- was blocked by a federal judge before it was to go into effect Monday.
U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco on Friday agreed with immigrant-rights lawyers that acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf lacked the authority to promulgate the rule, which would make it difficult if not impossible to qualify for asylum. It will be up to the incoming Biden administration to decide whether to appeal Donato’s preliminary injunction.