#Judge Says #Trump Officials Must Restart #Asylum & #Immigration Processing

The judge invalidated policies the Trump administration enacted last year that halted asylum grants, as well as the processing of immigration benefits for people from 39 countries.

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“#CBP has put Ms. Gyasi in an impossible position: either risk her own & the life of her unborn child to improve her young son’s life, or return home to ensure safe conditions for her pregnancy but unsafe conditions for her son,” Heilman said in the organization’s news release.

Tens of thousands of immigrants have abandoned #asylum claims & agreed to “voluntarily” depart the US rather than face long stints in #immigration #detention….

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#US #CBP officers asked her if she feared persecution in her home country, said Eden Heilman, the legal director of the #ACLU’s Virginia branch. Gyasi answered that she did because of her son’s #disability. CBP then classified her as an #asylum applicant & moved to nullify her #tourist #visa, Heilman said.

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The #Trump admin is proposing increasing the “#refugee” admissions ceiling for fiscal year 2026 to 17,500 but only for #White #SouthAfricans, according to an “emergency” determination sent to #Congress & obtained by CNN.

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