US judge invalidates Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries
The judge said the policies left immigrants in legal limbo and violated immigration laws by targeting applicants solely by birth country.
- 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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