Migrants waiting at the US-Mexico border before mid-July should not be subject to new Trump administration asylum limits, a federal judge has ruled
The departments of Justice and Homeland Security issued a rule in July prohibiting migrants who have resided or"transited en route" in a third country from seeking asylum in the US, therefore barring migrants -- many of whom are from Central American countries -- traveling through Mexico from being able to claim asylum and as a result, drastically limit who's eligible for asylum in the US.
Read MoreBashant addressed that policy in her order, saying,"But for the Government's metering policy, these asylum-seekers would have entered the United States and started the asylum process without delay.
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