Courthouse News by BRANDI BUCHMAN 11/21/2018
A group of Honduran and Mexican nationals is challenging a proclamation by President Donald Trump that anyone who crosses the southern border between official ports of entry into the United States from Mexico would be ineligible for asylum.
In a federal lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia on Tuesday, Williams and Connolly attorney Thomas Hentoff contends a Nov. 9 White House proclamation stating that asylum seekers have “no lawful basis for admission into our country,†violates the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Under the Act, non-citizens who arrive at U.S. borders are granted the statutory right to seek asylum, regardless of how they entered the country, Hentoff argues.
Additionally, the plaintiffs argue the proclamation is illegal because it “mandates a denial of credible fear determination,†even in situations where a noncitizen is on a fast track for removal but shows a “significant possibility†that he or she could establish asylum.
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https://www.courthousenews.com/asylum-seekers-sue-trump-over-new-border-policy/
