Lawsuit Challenges US Border Turnbacks, Metering

Immigration authorities call it a "myth" that officers have turned asylum-seekers away at ports of entry. But 13 asylum seekers claim otherwise. They are plaintiffs in a lawsuit that is challenging what they say is U.S. Customs and Border Protection's practice of turning back migrants who present themselves at U.S. ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border. The lawsuit was originally filed in July 2017 but amended recently to include more evidence of a policy coming...

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