Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restart Processing Asylum Claims

The administration was also told to resume adjudicating immigration benefit requests.

The Department of Homeland Security building in Tukwila, Wash., on March 3, 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images

The Trump administration must restart processing claims of asylum, a federal judge ruled on June 5.

Officials must also resume adjudicating requests for immigration benefits such as work permits from nationals of 39 countries from which President Donald Trump has restricted travel, U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr., based in Rhode Island, said.