Summary
- Immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration over his directive halting asylum claims at the southern border
- The lawsuit challenges the legality of Biden’s crackdown on the border, drawing parallels to Trump’s policies
- Biden’s order limits asylum processing once border encounters reach 2,500 a day, with record levels of deportations expected
- Advocates argue that suspending asylum for those who do not arrive at designated ports of entry violates federal immigration law