US judge blocks Biden asylum policy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Elsewhere, they would have to request asylum from their home country or at special centers in countries they pass through.
51% : The policy had a quick impact: the number of border patrol interdictions or "encounters" with migrants fell from 212,000 in April to 145,000 in June, according to Customs and Border Protection figures.
49% : The ruling came in a case brought by the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant and other migrant advocacy groups after the Biden administration announced on May 16 its new approach, aimed at stemming the up to 200,000 migrants trying to cross the southern border each month.
49% : With Covid border controls lifted, Biden sought to diminish the flow by instituting a more rigid process for asylum seekers.
49% :- Warning over smugglers -Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is responsible for border security, said that for now the Biden policy remains in place.
43% : Meanwhile people who crossed the border without going through the process would automatically lose the opportunity to gain asylum.
39% : It did not comply with the Immigration and Nationality Act's rules on asylum, and said that legally it was inconsistent due to the exceptions it offered.
25% : A federal judge on Tuesday overturned US President Joe Biden's 10-week-old asylum policy, rejecting the heart of the administration's effort to get migration across the southern border under control.

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