The judge forbids the Trump administration to refuse asylum to migrants who have entered illegally

HOUSTON – A federal judge on Monday banned the Trump administration from denying asylum to immigrants illegally crossing the southern border.

US District Judge Jon S. Tigar issued a temporary restraining order after hearing arguments in San Francisco. The request was made by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, who promptly prosecuted after President Donald Trump banned this month in response to migrant caravans that began arriving at the US-Mexican border.

On November 9, Trump issued a proclamation that anyone who crossed the southern border could not claim asylum. The settlement, which will remain in effect for three months in the absence of a court order, could possibly complicate the task of the thousands of people entering the United States in order to avoid deportation.

"People have the right to asylum if they cross entry points," said Baher Azmy, a lawyer at the Center for Constitutional Rights. "It could not be clearer."

In recent years, tens of thousands of immigrants have appeared each year in the Arizona desert or on the north shore of Rio Grande Texas, surrendered to immigration officers and asked for asylum. The Department of Homeland Security estimates that about 70,000 people a year seek asylum between official entry points.

Trump said recent caravans pose a threat to national security.

About 3,000 people from the first caravans arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, on the other side of the San Diego-California border. The US Customs and Border Protection Service announced Monday that it had closed the traffic north for several hours at the San Ysidro crossing point. He also installed movable wire barriers, apparently to prevent a possible mass wave.

On Monday, 107 people detained between official crossing points have been seeking asylum since the Trump decision came into force, according to DHS, which oversees the customs and border protection service. The officials did not say whether the case of these people was still progressing through other routes left to them after the proclamation.

DHS said it wanted asylum seekers on the southern border to show up at an official border crossing. But many border crossings such as San Ysidro already have long delays. People are often forced to wait in shelters or outdoor camps on the Mexican side, sometimes for weeks.

ACLU attorney, Lee Gelernt, said some people seeking asylum were crossing official ports because "they were running a real danger", whether in their home country or in the United States. origin or Mexico.

"We do not tolerate people entering between entry points, but Congress has decided that, if they do, they should always be allowed to apply for asylum," he said. he declares.