Donald Trump’s administration illegally discriminated against “countless” immigrants by categorically barring asylum seekers, green card applicants and people seeking citizenship “solely by the happenstance of their birth,” according to a federal judge.
The administration unlawfully used national security concerns that “mask anti-immigrant sentiments” to justify a sweeping set of immigration policies that have left “countless” immigrants in legal limbo, U.S. District Judge John McConnell wrote Friday.