Asylum seeker
She was joined by Ruth Bader Ginsburg in arguing that the restrictions upend "longstanding practices regarding refugees who seek shelter from persecution."
The Trump administration has taken multiple steps to try to prevent migrants, including those seeking safety, from coming to the U.S. from Central America.
The ruling in California comes just hours after a Trump-appointed judge in Washington, D.C., declined to block the rule.
Trump again tells the Latino, black and Muslim House members – all American citizens, three born in the United States – that they are free to "leave right now."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Beginning Tuesday, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border.
Human Rights Watch finds that Central American migrants are at risk of sexual assault, homelessness, kidnapping and other violence as they wait at the border.
The head of the UN refugee agency sees a "rising trend" of people fleeing their homes to escape violence and persecution.
Johana Medina Leon spent six weeks in ICE custody and died within days of testing positive for HIV.
The Texan's policy wish list might have once been very progressive but now reflects the broad consensus within his party.
President Donald Trump directed immigration officials to introduce tough new asylum rules in a Monday memorandum.