TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 6, 2024

The American Civil Liberties Union has announced plans to sue the White House over President Biden's new executive order that would close off access to asylum when border numbers surge, Axios reports. "A ban on asylum is illegal just as it was when Trump unsuccessfully tried it," Lee Gelernt, who successfully argued a similar challenge under former President Trump, told the news source. Government officials say humanitarian exemptions and the fact that the asylum restrictions only lock into place when border numbers surge make Biden's order different from similar actions attempted by Trump via executive order.