Immigrant advocacy groups filed a class action civil lawsuit on June 11 over the Trump administration’s use of a proclamation they say effectively blocked access to asylum at U.S. ports of entry.
The lawsuit was filed in a Southern California federal court by the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), the American Immigration Council, Democracy Forward, and the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of asylum seekers they say are fleeing persecution and torture in their home countries.
It lists Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Acting CBP Commissioner Pete Flores, and CBP Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner Diane J. Sabatino as defendants….