Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump’s Border Plan

A federal judge in San Francisco ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to refuse asylum to any migrants who cross the U.S. border illegally.

The decision will likely prompt a legal challenge from the White House. (Fox News)
 

Trump issued a proclamation on Nov. 9 that said anyone who crossed the southern border would be ineligible for asylum.

U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar, who was nominated by President Obama in 2012 to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, issued a temporary restraining order after hearing arguments in San Francisco.

The request was made by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, which quickly sued after President Trump issued the ban this month in response to the caravans of migrants that have started to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Baher Azmy, a lawyer for the Center for Constitutional Rights, said, “Individuals are entitled to asylum if they cross between ports of entry. It couldn’t be clearer.”

The Department of Homeland Security estimates 70,000 people a year claim asylum in the United States.