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SAN DIEGO 鈥� A federal judge today blocked the Trump administration鈥檚 asylum ban from being applied to thousands of asylum seekers who were unlawfully prevented from accessing the U.S. asylum process before the ban was implemented.
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The case is Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, a听 class action lawsuit brought by the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖), Center for Constitutional Rights, and the American Immigration Council on behalf of individual asylum seekers and the legal services organization Al Otro Lado (AOL).听
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鈥淭oday鈥檚 order will protect the lives of asylum seekers who were forced to endure extreme hardship while waiting in dangerous border cities for months for their chance to seek asylum in the United States,鈥� said Erika Pinheiro, AOL director of litigation and policy. 鈥淭hese asylum seekers have a deep commitment to following our laws in seeking protection, and we are relieved to see that their decision to follow our government's instructions to wait in Mexico will not prejudice their chances for relief."
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Added Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney for 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project, 鈥淲hile there is still a long road ahead, today鈥檚 ruling is an important one for the thousands of asylum seekers who followed the 鈥榬ules鈥� and waited their turn, only to be told they were out of luck once the new ban was announced. These vulnerable individuals, many of whom waited for months to apply for asylum, simply want an opportunity to have the merits of their asylum cases heard.鈥澨�
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The latest iteration of the asylum ban requires asylum seekers to have been previously denied protection in a country they traveled through en route to the United States before they may be eligible for asylum here. After the ban went into full nationwide effect in September, the rights groups filed a motion to protect the thousands of asylum seekers already being forced to wait under the administration鈥檚 policy of turning them back at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border through metering before the date the ban went into effect 鈥� July 16, 2019. The metering policy, which they are challenging, requires asylum seekers to get on long waitlists before they can seek asylum at a port of entry.
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鈥淭oday鈥檚 ruling is another important limitation on the Trump administration's cruel, relentless, and lawless attack on asylum seekers and the asylum system," said , legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.听鈥淚t recognizes that, Trump鈥檚 efforts notwithstanding, courts can and should preserve this country鈥檚 commitment to international human rights principles.听 We hope the court鈥檚 decision will protect the lives and safety of thousands of vulnerable individuals fleeing dangerous conditions at home.鈥�
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The injunction prevents the application of the asylum ban to categorically deny asylum to those vulnerable asylum seekers who should have been processed months ago. Today's ruling applies to a provisional class that the court certified as part of its decision.听听
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Read more about the case here.
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The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant of the Southern District of California, can be viewed here.听
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The 澳彩开奖, Center for Constitutional Rights, and American Immigration Council filed the lawsuit, Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, No. 3:17-cv-02366 (S.D. Cal.), in July 2017 on behalf of individual asylum seekers and Al Otro Lado, an immigration legal services provider with offices in Mexico and California.听