Obama Judge Blocks Biden Rule Limiting Access to Asylum Seekers
An Obama-appointed federal judge on Tuesday blocked Joe Biden’s rule limiting asylum seekers in response to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU.
In May the Biden Administration imposed a new rule limiting access to asylum as Title 42, a Trump-era policy that required migrants seeking asylum to remain in Mexico while their case makes its way through the legal system, expired.
“We are finalizing a new rule to encourage individuals to use available lawful, safe and orderly pathways to enter the United States. The rule presumes that those who do not use lawful pathways to enter the United States are ineligible for asylum,” DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas said in a May presser.
US District Court Judge Jon Tigar on Tuesday blocked the Biden Admin’s rule on asylum seekers.
