US Federal Judge Rules Trump's Immigration Policies Affecting 39 Countries Illegal

(Central News Agency, Washington, comprehensive foreign report on the 5th) U.S. District Judge John McConnell ruled on Tuesday that a series of policies implemented by the Trump administration were illegal, preventing people from 39 countries from receiving asylum, work permits, green cards, and the results of citizenship applications. According to Reuters, Chief Judge John McConnell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island in Providence overturned a series of policies adopted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), stating that these policies had left people from dozens of countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East in a "legal limbo." He stated that these immigrants had followed the legal procedures established by Congress and implemented by USCIS according to regulations, but "they have been stuck waiting for months because USCIS has refused to adjudicate their applications for various benefits." The judge, appointed by former Democratic President Barack Obama, said the Trump administration adopted these policies without legal and regulatory authority and were based on "anti-immigrant sentiment, which the government must not allow to influence its decisions." He wrote, "The USCIS suspension of adjudication cannot be attributed to any fault of these individuals, but solely to the happenstance of their birth." The ruling is a major victory for immigrant service organizations and a coalition of labor unions that challenged the USCIS policies, which fall under the Department of Homeland Security, in March. Skye Perryman, CEO of the liberal legal group Democracy Forward, which represents the plaintiffs, said, "This ruling reaffirms a fundamental principle: the federal government cannot shut down legal immigration pathways or discriminate against people based on their birthplace." The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Editor: Lu Yingzi) 1150606