Source: Politico
“A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from quickly deporting eight foreign nationals who say they are likely to be persecuted or killed if they’re returned to their home countries — including a family of four fleeing the Taliban. However, the Justice Department indicated Thursday that one of the prospective asylum seekers, identified only as N.S. in public court filings, may already be en route back to Ecuador, where she says her husband — a police officer who she says has raped her, beat her and held her at gun point — might kill her. Lawyers for the asylum seekers say the Trump administration has flagrantly ignored federal laws that require people who have ‘credible fear’ of persecution and violence in their home countries be given a chance to legally seek shelter in the United States.” (02/20/25)