The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco hours after the new asylum rule took effect, argues that it violates the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and was implemented unlawfully. The new rule would deny asylum to migrants who failed to apply for protection in at least one country they crossed on their journey north. The influx of 688,375 migrants at the border this year has largely come from Central America, and most went to Texas. Shelters have become crowded this year on both sides of the border, with thousands of migrants waiting to cross the border legally from Juarez this week. Bolaños, 12 numbers away from being called, was disappointed but optimistic that asylum seekers were still being allowed into the U.S.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 16, 2019 20:52 UTC