Immigrant rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday decrying the Trump administration’s ‘weaponization’ of the U.S. immigration court system and accusing the Justice Department of creating a “deportation machine” and subverting longstanding laws governing the treatment of immigrants in America.The administration did not immediately respond to the latest in a series of legal challenges to the White House’s immigration policies and initiatives.The proposed regulation must go through a public comment period before it is finalized and lists seven criminal areas that would trigger asylum denial, including repeated illegal entries into the U.S., driving drunk or committing domestic violence.U.S. asylum law already contains bans for more serious crimes, such as murder or rape.In a press release, the Justice Department and Homeland Security said the changes would free up resources for asylum cases filed by non-criminal aliens.
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