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New attempt to shut down asylum claims from Mesico border crossers  

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7/17/2019 4:07 pm
New attempt to shut down asylum claims from Mesico border crossers

Most immigrants the Southern border won’t be eligible to apply for asylum an interim final rule published Monday by the Trump administration.

the new rule, immigrants the Southern border must apply for asylum in least one country they enter while on their way to the United States, report CNN, the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

The rule effectively ends asylum for any migrant at the Southern border who isn’t from Mexico, according to the Los Angeles Times. The proposal would require migrants to apply for asylum even though the United States hasn’t negotiated a “safe third-country” agreement with the countries they traverse. Currently, the United States has such an agreement with Canada; it requires asylum-seekers entering the United States from Canada to first apply for asylum in Canada.

The rule is scheduled to take effect on Tuesday July , 2019. Exceptions apply for victims of human trafficking, for people denied asylum by other nations, and for people who arrive at the United States after traveling through a nation that isn’t a party to international treaties governing refugees.

The American Civil Liberties Union “will sue swiftly” over the new rule, according to a statement by Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the Immigrants’ Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union.
“The Trump administration is trying to unilaterally reverse our country’s legal and moral commitment to protect those fleeing danger,” he said. “This new rule is patently unlawful.”

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security published the rule in the Federal Register. It cited increasing numbers of immigrants at the Southern border and an increasing percentage of immigrants seeking asylum.
The 9th Circuit blocked a different restriction in December that said asylum claims could be made only by people who entered the United States through ports of entry. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to lift the injunction the same month.

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