The ACLU and a coalition of immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit Monday to stop the federal government from implementing the Trump administration’s new asylum policies, which they argue attempt to wipe away long-standing laws and protections “by fiat.”
The groups contend in the lawsuit that President Donald Trump unlawfully invoked a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act with a presidential proclamation on his first day in office that suspended the entry of asylum seekers.
The proclamation blocks asylum seekers from making claims even at lawful points of entry, the lawsuit states, which bypasses laws Congress sets up to ensure they have a legal path to enter the United States.
