Federal judge blocks last-minute Trump rule limiting asylum claims
Source: CNN
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
Updated 1:38 PM ET, Tue February 16, 2021
CNN)A federal judge in California blocked a Trump-era rule that went into effect just a day before Joe Biden took office and sought to dramatically limit the ability of Central American migrants to claim asylum in the United States
The regulation, which prohibited migrants who have resided in or traveled through third countries from seeking asylum in the US, was part of a concerted effort by the Trump administration to tighten asylum along the US-Mexico border. Courts had previously moved to block the regulation.
Tuesday's ruling applies to the rule in its final form, which came just before Inauguration Day.
"As with the Interim Rule, the Final Rule deprives vulnerable asylum applicants of essential procedural safeguards designed to avoid arbitrary denials of asylum," wrote Judge Jon Tigar. "Also, rather than ensure their safety, the rule increases the risk asylum applicants will be subjected to violence...For these reasons, and the additional reasons set forth below, the Court now enjoins the Final Rule from taking effect."
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