White House to fight federal court decision blocking asylum rule
25 July 2019 - 18:26
Washington — The White House says it will fight a federal judge’s decision blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that aims to bar almost all asylum applications at the US-Mexico border.
US district judge Jon Tigar in the northern district of California on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the rule, which would require asylum seekers to first pursue safe haven in a third country they had travelled through on their way to the US...
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