'This is the Trump administration’s latest assault on people fleeing persecution and seeking refuge in the United States,' ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project Director Omar Jadwat said.
The American Civil Liberties Union has vowed to take legal action after Attorney General William Barr made a decision Tuesday that will prevent asylum seekers found to have credible fear of returning to their home countries from seeking bond.
On Tuesday, Barr decided that some asylum seekers who have established credible fear of returning to their home countries and are facing deportation will no longer be eligible to be released on bond by immigration judges while their cases are pending. BREAKING: Attorney General William Barr tonight directed immigration judges to deny bond hearings to asylum seekers.
Data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency released last week showed that March saw its highest rate of apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border since 2007, with 92,000 apprehensions recorded. The agency has repeatedly noted, however, that a large share of the recent surge in arrivals has been comprised of families fleeing Central America.
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