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US Judge Rules Against Trump Policies Targeting Immigrants From 39 Travel-Ban Countries
Federal Judge Rules Policies Unlawfully Barred Applicants From Receiving Decisions on Asylum, Green Cards and More
TL;DR
- A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully blocked immigrants from 39 countries subject to travel bans from receiving decisions on asylum, work permits, green cards, and citizenship.
- The ruling by Chief US district judge John McConnell found that USCIS adopted a series of unlawful policies targeting these individuals.
- These policies resulted in a hold on processing immigration benefit applications, leaving thousands of immigrants in "indeterminate legal limbo."
- The judge stated that USCIS violated immigration laws by refusing to adjudicate applications based on the applicants' country of birth.
- The New York Immigration Coalition applauded the decision, calling the administration's actions "anti-immigrant malice" and a violation of the rule of law.