Trump Administration Restarts 1 Million Asylum Cases as It Appeals Order Voiding 39-Country Freeze
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 12
Trump Administration Restarts 1 Million Asylum Cases as It Appeals Order Voiding 39-Country Freeze
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 12
Summary
More than 1 million stalled asylum and immigration applications are set to move again after the Trump administration said it would comply with a federal court order and restart processing.
A Rhode Island judge last week struck down USCIS policies that had imposed a global hold on asylum filings and frozen applications from people in 39 travel-ban countries, largely in Africa and the Middle East.
USCIS deputy director Angelica Alfonso-Royals told the court the agency had instructed staff to treat the policies as no longer in effect, though by Friday evening it was still unclear whether decisions had resumed.
The administration said it strongly disagreed with the ruling and on Friday asked the First Circuit to pause it, after Judge John J. McConnell Jr. rebuked officials for not immediately complying.