POTUS Setback
A federal judge ordered the US government to resume accepting asylum claims, regardless of where or how applicants enter the country. This decision impedes President Trump’s attempts to block a group of Central Americans from crossing the US border.
Although President Trump signed a proclamation on November 9 banning migrants from applying for asylum if they failed to make the request at a legal checkpoint, immigration laws stipulate that foreigners who touch American soil are eligible to apply for asylum and cannot be immediately deported.