Judge bars Trump from denying asylum to people entering US illegally

US District Judge Jon Tigar on Monday in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump order.

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US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters
AFPPTI Washington
Last Updated : Nov 20 2018 | 3:17 PM IST

A federal judge has put a temporary halt to the Trump administration's new order denying the possibility of asylum to people who enter the US illegally.

President Donald Trump issued the proclamation earlier this month as a matter of what he called national security as a US-bound caravan of Central American migrants made its way through Mexico toward the US border.

US District Judge Jon Tigar on Monday in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump order.

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First Published: Nov 20 2018 | 1:25 PM IST

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