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SAN FRANCISCO 鈥� A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration鈥檚 new policy that forced asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases are considered.

The 老澳门开奖结果, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies successfully sought the preliminary injunction against what the administration calls, in an Orwellian twist, the 鈥淢igrant Protection Protocols.鈥�

Judy Rabinovitz, deputy director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Immigrants鈥� Rights Project, who argued the case, had this reaction to today鈥檚 ruling from U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg:

鈥淭he court strongly rejected the Trump administration鈥檚 unprecedented and illegal policy of forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico without hearing their claims. Try as it may, the Trump administration cannot simply ignore our laws in order to accomplish its goal of preventing people from seeking asylum in the United States.鈥�

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 11 individual asylum seekers and organizational plaintiffs Innovation Law Lab, the Central American Resource Center of Northern California, Centro Legal de la Raza, the University of San Francisco School of Law Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic, Al Otro Lado, and the Tahirih Justice Center.

鈥淭oday鈥檚 victory is especially important amidst reports that the Trump administration is planning to move toward even more extreme immigration policies. The decision will prevent incredibly vulnerable individuals from being trapped in dangerous conditions in Mexico, but it鈥檚 only a step in a much larger fight. We are a nation of laws, and we cannot and will not allow elected officials to undermine those laws in an effort to implement an anti-immigrant agenda. We will keep fighting,鈥� said Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The lawsuit cites violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, as well as the United States鈥� duty under international human rights law not to return people to dangerous conditions.

鈥淭oday鈥檚 ruling recognizes that the forced return policy failed to provide adequate safeguards to protect asylum seekers from persecution. In issuing the preliminary injunction, the court has rejected the government鈥檚 attempt to return asylum seekers to Mexico in violation of U.S. laws as well as our international obligations to refugees,鈥� said Karen Musalo, director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies.

The ruling is at: /legal-document/innovation-law-lab-v-nielsen-order-granting-motion-preliminary-injunction

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