Court ruling upholds Trump asylum restrictions for migrants in some states
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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that an injunction on President Trump’s new asylum rules could only be upheld within the circuit, which includes the border states of California and Arizona.
The federal court’s decision means that Texas and New Mexico will uphold Trump’s strict asylum rules that forbid migrants who have traveled through more than two countries from applying for asylum. The rules state that migrants from Central American countries who pass through other countries must be denied refugee status in those nations before being eligible to apply in the United States.
The decision on Friday upholds a July 24 decision by a Northern District of California judge to block Trump’s rules but only within the 9th Circuit.
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