White House To Take All Necessary Action To Uphold New Asylum Rule - Spokesperson

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st November, 2018) The White House will take all necessary measures to ensure it is able to uphold its new asylum rule preventing migrants from applying for asylum if they illegally enter the United States, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

Earlier on Tuesday, a US judge issued a temporary block to US President Donald Trump's new asylum rule.

"We will take all necessary action to defend the executive branch's lawful response to the crisis at our southern border," Sanders said in the statement on Tuesday.

On November 9, Trump signed a proclamation that denied asylum to migrants who enter the United States illegally. Only migrants who enter the United Sates at a port of entry can apply for asylum, the proclamation said.

The rule was imposed on November 10 and would remain in place for three months or until an agreement is reached allowing the United States to "remove aliens to Mexico.

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Sanders said a massive number of migrants are threatening to incapacitate the already overwhelmed US immigration system and the judge's decision opens the floodgates for illegal migrants to pour into the United States.

The court's decision will be effective until December 19, according to media reports.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Mexican Interior Ministry said the number of migrants from the caravan currently staying in the vicinity of the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, located at the US border, amounted to 5,600 people.

The caravan set out from Honduras in the direction of Mexico and the United States on October 13.