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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Us judge blocks biden s asylum ban at mexico border - Caught on Camera

A man and child stand in the Rio Grande River behind concertina wire as they try to enter the US from Mexico [File: Eric Gay/AP Photo]

A United States judge has ruled that a key tenet of President Joe Biden’s border policy is in violation of the country’s asylum law, in a decision hailed by rights groups as a “victory”.

In a ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge Jon Tigar blocked a restriction put in place by the Biden administration in May that effectively bars most asylum seekers from being able to apply for protection at the US border with Mexico.

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