US judge invalidates Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries
The ruling found USCIS unlawfully froze asylum and benefit decisions for applicants from 39 countries, leaving many without work authorization for months.
- On Friday, Chief District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. struck down President Donald Trump's administration policies that unlawfully blocked immigration decisions for applicants from 39 countries, ending freezes leaving many in "indeterminate legal limbo."
- Immigrant service organizations and labor unions filed a lawsuit in March challenging policies adopted in November that placed global holds on asylum applications and immigration benefits for the 39 countries.
- McConnell wrote that the agency violated immigration laws, noting immigrants had "adhered to the legal processes that Congress had enacted" but remained "stuck waiting, for months on end, for benefit requests that USCIS refuses to adjudicate."
- "Over six months later, many of those individuals remain without work, without legal status, and without any meaningful ability to plan for their futures," the judge wrote, describing the direct human consequences.
- Skye Perryman, president of the nonprofit Forward, said the ruling "reaffirms a basic principle: The federal government cannot shut down lawful immigration pathways or discriminate against people based on where they come from.
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Obama-appointed judge with Dem ties overturns Trump’s immigration rules * WorldNetDaily * by Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal
Source link A federal judge who had previously made about $500,000 in campaign contributions to Democrats vacated Trump administration immigration policies that halted asylum processing and froze immigration benefits based on nationality. The judge, U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the District of Rhode Island, is a Barack Obama appointee. The case was based
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