Courts Strike Down Trump Administration Rule Limiting Asylum

Border Patrol agents apprehend seven illegal immigrants from China, one from Mexico, and one from El Salvador after they tried to evade capture after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States near McAllen, Texas, on April 18, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

One federal judge struck down President Donald Trump’s Proclamation 9822, which limits asylum claims to those entering the United States at an officially designated port of entry, as another federal judge issued a national injunction preventing the rule’s application.

The policy was aimed at curbing the flow of Central American migrants coming to the United States, many in international caravans through Mexico.