Honduran asylum seekers are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents Dec. 16 after the group crossed the U.S. border wall into San Diego, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Barr’s ruling reversed the decision in a 2005 case in which an Indian man entered the United States from Mexico and requested asylum. Parole by the Department of Homeland Security will be the only way asylum seekers who crossed the border illegally can be released once the order goes into effect. Barr’s decision to withhold bail from asylum seekers comes as record numbers of Central American families, many fleeing violence and poverty, are crossing into the United States. “From separating families to attacking asylum seekers, this administration’s bottomless cruelty has failed time and time again,” said Julián Castro, a Democratic presidential candidate.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2019 02:37 UTC