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DHS and DOJ Publish Final Rule Barring from Asylum Eligibility Individuals Who Transit Through a Third Country Without Seeking Protection

DHS and DOJ published a final rule that finalizes, with minor changes, the interim final rule published on July 16, 2019, that barred from asylum eligibility individuals who transit through a third country without seeking protection. The rule is effective January 19, 2021.

District Court Restores Nationwide Scope of Order Enjoining Implementation of Asylum Ban 2.0

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar issued an order restoring the nationwide scope of his July 24, 2019, order enjoining the government from taking any action continuing to implement the July 16, 2019, DHS and DOJ joint interim final rule establishing a mandatory bar to asylum eligibility for persons who transit through a third country and enter or attempt to enter the United States via the southern border without having applied for protection in a third country, pending final judgment or further order of the court