ACLU sues over Trump shutting down asylum access at the southern border

Immigration advocacy groups challenge Trump’s asylum executive order

A group of immigration advocacy groups initiated a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration over their executive order barring migrants the right to make asylum claims at the US-Mexico border. First, the plaintiffs maintained that the order violates administrative procedure laws because the administration failed to provide adequate reasoning for the implementation. Section 706 of the American Administrative Procedure Act provides that no …

ACLU, immigration legal aid groups sue over asylum ban - The Examiner

By Ariana Figeuroa States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union, along with immigration legal aid groups, Monday filed the first major lawsuit against… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close The post ACLU, immigration legal aid groups sue over asylum ban appeared first on The Examiner.

Donald Trump sued by left-wing activist group over border crackdown as they accuse President of 'power grab'

Donald Trump has been sued by a left-wing activist group over his border crackdown as they have accused him of a “power grab”.The group of activists, led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the US President's administration on Monday.This came after Trump signed executive orders on day one of his inauguration declaring a national emergency at the border, allowing officials to remove migrants without allowing them to request asylum.…

Immigrant advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Monday for its ban on access to asylum on the southern border, claiming that broad restrictions illegally endanger people fleeing war and persecution. The decision described in one of President Donald Trump’s immigration-related executive orders is “as illegal as it is unprecedented,” the groups, led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said in the complaint, filed in a federal …

'Unlawful': Immigration advocacy groups suing Trump admin over asylum policy

Immigration advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration over its asylum policy. Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants Rights Project Lee Gelernt joins José Díaz-Balart to explain why his group is suing.

‘If I go back to Honduras, they will kill me’: Woman seeking asylum worries Trump will deport her

CNN’s John King visits Lincoln, Nebraska, to see the impact of President Trump’s immigration crackdown. King speaks to a former Honduran journalist, “G,” who entered the US one year ago and claimed asylum. G fears she could be killed if she’s deported back to Honduras.