WASHINGTON: A judge on Friday (Saturday in Manila) blocked a move by US President Donald Trump’s administration to stop migrants from claiming asylum unless they had entered the country at an official border crossing, news outlets reported.
The policy, enacted by Trump last year, is among a host of measures his government has taken against the movement of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Central America and elsewhere, who have recently tried to cross into the US from Mexico and request asylum.
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