Immigration advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration, saying they are illegally shutting down asylum access at the southern border and putting people fleeing war and persecution in harm’s way.

President Trump issued a raft of executive orders that effectively block migrants from entering the United States and applying for asylum, closing off major legal channels for immigration.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to close the country's southern border. It concerns the closure of entry for illegal migrants, the White House website reports. "The President has the authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act,

His order, along with his decision to shut down a mobile app used by asylum seekers to schedule an appointment, pretty much ends all avenues for asylum claims. The lawsuit, presented in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,

Trump's ban on asylum at the border goes further than restrictions put in place by former President Joe Biden in June to discourage illegal crossings. Biden's restrictions were co

A coalition of immigrant advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the Trump administration in federal court in Washington on Monday, arguing that President Trump’s order shutting the United States’ southern border to asylum seekers was unlawful.