A federal judge on Aug. 31 blocked a Trump administration policy that delegated authority to agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to conduct credible fear interviews for asylum seekers.
Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction that bars CBP agents from further conducting the interviews. In January, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and CBP entered an agreement that delegated the power to agents on the front line of the border crisis.
