US Court Blocks Trump's New Asylum Rules - Reports

A district court in San Francisco has blocked a new proclamation signed by US President Donald Trump that bars migrants from applying for asylum if they enter the United States illegally, media reported on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th November, 2018) A district court in San Francisco has blocked a new proclamation signed by US President Donald Trump that bars migrants from applying for asylum if they enter the United States illegally, media reported on Tuesday.

On Friday, Trump signed the proclamation denying asylum to illegal immigrants seeking to enter the United States as a caravan of several thousand migrants approached the US land border with Mexico. Civil rights groups said they would challenge the proclamation.

According to USA Today, the ban on Trump's new rules was signed by US District Judge Jon Tigar on Monday.

"The rule barring asylum for immigrants who enter the country outside a port of entry irreconcilably conflicts with the INA [Immigration and Nationality Act] and the expressed intent of Congress. Whatever the scope of the President's authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden," Tigar said, as quoted by the media outlet.

The court decision will be effective until December 19, the publication said.