"Biden Administration Stands Firm on Asylum Restrictions, Urges Court to Uphold"

The Biden administration has urged a US appeals court to uphold a rule imposing new restrictions on asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border, arguing that a judge was wrong to block it. The rule, adopted earlier this year, presumes that most migrants are ineligible for asylum if they passed through other nations without seeking protection there first or if they crossed the border illegally. Immigrant advocacy groups represented by the ACLU challenged the rule, arguing that it violates federal immigration law. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard the government's appeal, but the judges did not indicate how they were leaning.