ACLU files lawsuit challenging Trump's move to close U.S. asylum system
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Washington — The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging President Trump's move to close down the American asylum system, saying it violates legal obligations the U.S. has to offer refuge to migrants fleeing persecution.
The lawsuit marks the first legal challenge against an executive action taken by Mr. Trump on his first day back at the White House that has allowed U.S. border officials to summarily deport migrants, without allowing them to request asylum.
In that order, Mr. Trump invoked a muscular presidential power that allows officials to bar the entry of foreigners whose entry is determined to be "detrimental" to the U.S. He justified the sweeping move by accusing migrants of staging an "invasion" of the U.S. and posing a risk to the country's national security, public safety and public health.
