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.

The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging President Trump's move to close down the American asylum system.

A leading U.S. civil rights group on Monday filed a lawsuit targeting U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the restrictions effectively block all access to asylum for migrants at the border in violation of U.

Trump's executive order sought to dismantle asylum at the Southern border, lawyers say it has been illegally extended to those inside the country.

A leading U.S. civil rights group accused President Donald Trump on Monday of violating U.S. laws and international treaties with his sweeping ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The lawsuit, presented in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges Trump's effort to unilaterally ban access to asylum is "unlawful as it is unprecedented" because it overrides Congress' authority. The suit is joined by three immigrant rights groups.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, accusing him of violating U.S. and international laws with his comprehensive ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The state’s law keeping information about lethal injection drugs secret violates constitutional rights to free speech, a civil rights group claimed in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The challenge in federal court comes a day after a federal judge decided the law does not give a death row inmate the right to know more

The Trump administration was sued Monday for its effort to end asylum protections at the border with a Day 1 executive order. The suit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of nonprofits that provide legal services to asylum-seekers,