ACLU sues Biden administration over new asylum rule

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued President Joe Biden's administration over its executive action limiting asylum processing.

A group of immigrant advocacy organizations sued the Biden administration Wednesday over its executive action limiting asylum processing last week.

The American Civil Liberties Union and others filed the lawsuit on behalf of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.

In a complaint filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., attorneys for the groups argued that President Joe Biden's recent executive action temporarily limiting asylum processing violated a statute enacted by Congress, which allows migrants to apply for asylum “whether or not” they enter at ports of entry.

"While Congress has placed some limitations on the right to seek asylum over the years, it has never permitted the Executive Branch to categorically ban asylum based on where a noncitizen enters the country," the lawsuit says.

"That plain statutory text precludes the President and the Executive Branch from barring noncitizens from asylum based on their manner of entry into the United States," it continues.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/aclu-sues-biden-new-asylum-rule-rcna156890

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