close Video Trump signs proclamation to deny asylum claims Trump's policy drew an instant lawsuit from the ACLU, but the president got immediate backup from Acting Attorney-General Whitaker. John Roberts reports for 'Special Report.' The American Civil Liberties Union and other liberal groups filed a federal lawsuit on Friday challenging the Trump administration’s decision to deny asylum to migrants who attempt to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally as caravans approach. In response, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security issued a joint statement lamenting the “the open border community’s disdain for our nation’s laws.” "We are confident that the rule of law will prevail,” the Trump administration statement said. “The fact that the ACLU and its partners would go to court to specifically sue for the right for aliens to enter the country illegally is demonstrative of the open border community’s disdain for our … [Read more...] about ACLU challenges migrant asylum crackdown, as Trump administration laments ‘disdain for our nation’s laws’
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U.S. Talks with North Korea Get Tough, Trump Administration Looks to Work with Russia and China
World International Affairs The precarious peace process between the United States and North Korea has taken a difficult turn as a top-level meeting between diplomats was called off and hostile rhetoric returned. At the same time, the Trump administration has looked to discuss the issue with Russia and China. Though no official reason was given for the abrupt cancellation of a meeting set for Thursday between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol, the vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, the news came amid a slowdown in what has been an unprecedented dialogue between the two historic enemies. President Donald Trump and his administration, though often expressing confidence in North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, have argued that the young ruler should pick up the pace of his denuclearization efforts. North Korea has countered that it was the U.S.'s turn to make concessions after dismantling key military sites, handing … [Read more...] about U.S. Talks with North Korea Get Tough, Trump Administration Looks to Work with Russia and China
ACLU sues Trump administration over asylum changes
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Trump administration, after the president moved forward with a regulation that would withhold asylum protection from immigrants who cross the border illegally first on Thursday. The ACLU said in a post on Twitter that neither "the president nor his cabinet can override the clear commands of our law." The interim final rule posted Thursday from the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security would bar immigrants who cross the "southern border unlawfully" from "eligibility for asylum." Immigrants would have to apply for asylum status at designated points of entry, and those already in the country illegally would not be able to apply. DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen argued in a statement that the president has "the broad authority to suspend or restrict the entry of aliens" into the U.S. if he deems it's in the national interest. She went on to say that Congress had given the president the authority to take this … [Read more...] about ACLU sues Trump administration over asylum changes
ACLU sues Trump administration over new asylum policy
By Tatiana Sanchez | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: November 9, 2018 at 12:27 pm | UPDATED: November 9, 2018 at 12:28 pm SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration policy barring people who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally from seeking asylum. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco Friday, alleges the “asylum ban” is illegal and targets undocumented immigrants fleeing persecution who don’t always have the resources to cross the border at ports of entry. “Individuals who arrive at the southern border seeking protection in the United States through the asylum process are fleeing some of the most dangerous countries in the world,” the lawsuit said. “Those who leave often are running from life-or-death situations, leaving everything behind to make a dangerous journey.” Trump signed a proclamation Friday suspending entry into the … [Read more...] about ACLU sues Trump administration over new asylum policy
Trump administration blocked from ending DACA protections
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy. The Ninth Circuit upheld the ruling that the decision to repeal DACA was “arbitrary and capricious.” The court also unanimously held that the rescission of DACA after immigrants registered in the data-system was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. DACA, implemented by the Obama administration, allows some undocumented immigrants who entered the country prior to their sixteenth birthday and before June 2007 to get exemption from deportation and a renewable two-year work permit. The Trump administration attempted to rescind DACA as beyond the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Two of the three judges on the Ninth Circuit panel ruled against the DHS: because the Acting Secretary was incorrect in her belief that DACA was illegal … [Read more...] about Trump administration blocked from ending DACA protections