Trump Administration Ban On Asylum-Seekers Challenged In US Court - Human Rights Group

Trump Administration Ban on Asylum-Seekers Challenged in US Court - Human Rights Group

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st November, 2018) Two US-based human rights groups have filed a legal motion to exempt six individuals seeking asylum in the United States from President Donald Trump's ban issued earlier in November, Human Rights First said in a press release on Wednesday.

"Human Rights First and the National Immigrant Justice Center today filed a challenge seeking permanent relief from the Trump Administration's asylum ban issued earlier this month," the release said. "The plaintiffs in O.A. v Trump are six asylum seekers, including three children."

Human Rights First explained the six individuals were illegally barred from seeking asylum because they entered the United States outside of an official border point.

The plaintiffs in the case "argue that the administration's asylum ban violates the Immigration and Nationality Act, in which Congress established that an asylum seeker has the right to have her claim evaluated regardless of how or where she entered the United States," the release said.

The lawsuit also claims that acting US Attorney General Matthew Whitaker does not have authority to issue the regulation, as he has not been confirmed by the Senate, Human Rights First added.