They had returned to Mexico from the United States to await their asylum hearing. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)Plaintiffs led by the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the Trump administration in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Tuesday in an attempt to halt the implementation of a new policy disqualifying most asylum seekers who pass through Mexico before reaching the United States. A separate petition seeking an injunction against the asylum change was filed by two other immigrant rights groups in the U.S. District Court in Washington on Tuesday evening. He likened the surge of asylum claims at the U.S. southern border to “forum shopping” by applicants attempting to exploit American generosity. A federal judge in San Francisco last year blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to enact a similar asylum change.

Source: Washington Post July 16, 2019 20:39 UTC