In line with my earlier message today, another ruling comes [just few hours ago] from a federal judge in the Northern District of California giving some relief [this time] to asylum applicants. Judge issued a nationwide injunction against the Trump Administration's new rule that was scheduled to go into effect tomorrow November 20, 2020. This rule restricted eligibility for asylum seekers convicted of low-level offenses including those not convicted of a crime. This injunction has a nationwide temporary effect [at least until December 9th motion hearing] on Trump administration’s harsh rule that would have dismantled asylum protections as part of its anti-immigrant agenda. The new rule would have deprived genuine asylees of ever obtaining asylum, regardless of whether they have rehabilitated themselves, whether their criminal conduct occurred many years before, or f whether they have committed acts that Congress said should not render one ineligible for asylum.
Vijay Bhagwati, Esq.
Founder and Managing Partner
