A U.S. judge struck down several of the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict asylum claims and other immigration benefits, finding the measures exceeded agency authority and were motivated by “anti-immigrant sentiments”
The Wall Street Journal • Politics • 1 hour ago
The Friday ruling voided four policies that put “the lives of countless individuals on hold,” U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. said.
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