Trump’s true motives are clear—to deter asylum seekers and punish people who apply for protection under our laws,' said ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project Senior Staff Attorney Michael Tan.
The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a fresh legal challenge against the Trump administration, this time over a new policy that "categorically denies bond hearings to asylum seekers."
Currently, many asylum seekers have the right to a bond hearing where an immigration judge decides whether they should be held in detention or released from custody as their asylum case proceeds. Under the new policy, however, asylum seekers could find themselves jailed indefinitely without a hearing.
All three groups behind the legal challenge said that the Trump administration's new policy is the latest in a string of efforts to"punish" asylum seekers that have tried to find refuge in the U.S. and deter those who might think of doing so in the future. "We will continue fighting the administration’s use of mass incarceration as a weapon to punish migrants," Realmuto said.
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