BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump’s move to restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, dealing another blow to the administration’s immigration agenda. Judge Jon Tigar’s ruling suspends implementation of a fast-track regulation and presidential proclamation issued Nov. 9 that barred migrants who cross the border between ports of entry from seeking asylum. The order will remain in effect until Dec. 19, when the court will consider arguments for a permanent ban. The Justice Department didn’t immediately say whether it plans to appeal the ruling, though it has challenged similar orders in the past. The ruling comes as multiple caravans of Central American migrants are massing in Tijuana, an official port of entry. On Monday [11-19-18], Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen tweeted that a migrant caravan planned to rush the border checkpoint, though officials later questioned the seriousness of the threat.”
–Ted Hesson and Ian Kullgren, “Federal judge halts Trump asylum ban,” Politico, November 20, 2018 8:59 am