The American Civil Liberties Union said it will sue Joe Biden's administration over its new executive action authorizing the temporary closure of the U.S.-Mexico border to asylum seekers crossing the border. illegally.
The information was confirmed by an employee of the legal advocacy group at CNN, comparing the measure to those taken during the Trump administration.
“We successfully sued President Trump — that's the case I argued a few years ago, we said it was illegal when he tried to ban [pedido de] asylum that we think is very similar to what President Biden is doing,” said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrant Rights Project, on “News Central.” CNN.
“We think that [a medida] remains illegal. And then we will challenge that in court,” she added.
The executive order uses an authority known as “212(f),” a regulation used under the Trump administration and widely criticized at the time by Democrats.
A CNN previously reported that some law enforcement officials expressed doubts that the proposed changes could survive the litigation, with the new measure scheduled to take effect at midnight this Wednesday (4).
“We are not saying that everyone has the right to asylum, but we made a solemn promise after the Second World War: we would never send people back without at least examining them,” Gelernt highlighted.
“This policy [anunciada] it will not even mean screening to see if people are in grave danger” because of religious or political views, he added.
*Priscilla Alvarez, MJ Lee and Arlette Saenz, from CNN, contributed to this report
Source: CNN Brasil
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