Rights Group Sues Over Biden Rule Curbing Asylum at U.S.-Mexico Border

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Immigration advocates represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a authorized problem on Thursday minutes earlier than a U.S. regulation proscribing entry to asylum at U.S.-Mexico border was set to take impact.

In a movement filed earlier than a federal decide in California, the teams wish to re-open an current lawsuit over comparable restrictions carried out by Republican former President Donald Trump and replace the case to focus on the brand new regulation issued by President Joe Biden, a Democrat.

The teams stated the Biden regulation “dramatically curtails the supply of asylum in the USA” and mirrored comparable Trump-era insurance policies blocked in court docket.

The strict new asylum regulation is a key a part of Biden’s technique to deal with a doable rise in unlawful immigration as COVID-19 restrictions, often known as Title 42, ended at midnight on Thursday.

Tens of 1000’s of migrants have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in latest days, with some saying they had been nervous Biden’s new regulation can be extra strict.

(Reporting by Ted Hesson in Washington; Enhancing by Clarence Fernandez)

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