DONALD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HIT WITH SLEW OF LEGAL CHALLENGES
ASYLUM CRACKDOWN
Executive Order
Trump signed an executive order allowing border immigration officials to turn away asylum seekers. Until then, all people claiming asylum were entitled to a hearing on their claim.
Legal Challenges
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in a Washington, D.C. federal court on February 4. The lawsuit claims that Trump's order is "unlawful as it is unprecedented."
The ACLU is joined in the lawsuit by three immigrant support groups: Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, and the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project in Florida.
