Judge Rules Against Trump’s Asylum Reforms, Says Deportees Should Be Returned

Judge Rules Against Trump’s Asylum Reforms, Says Deportees Should Be Returned
Border Patrol Agents have aliens remove their shoelaces and belongings before loading them in a van for transport in Hidalgo County, Texas, on May 26, 2017. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
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A federal judge ruled this week that President Donald Trump’s asylum reforms violated federal law despite the reforms only taking the rules on asylum back to where they were before former President Barack Obama’s time in office.

The ruling by Bill Clinton-appointed U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan came on Dec. 19, just a day after he had to walk back accusations he made while presiding over a hearing for former Trump adviser Michael Flynn.
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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