A divided U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to grant a stay on a lower court’s ruling that blocked a Trump administration ban on asylum for migrants who enter the country illegally.
BREAKING: The Ninth Circuit denied the Trump administration’s request to reinstate its asylum ban in our lawsuit.
The decision to keep the ban blocked is consistent with the laws made by Congress and will save lives.
— ACLU (@ACLU) December 8, 2018