A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that a batch of Trump's immigration policies are illegal. Photo by Angelina Katsanis/UPI | License Photo
June 5 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Friday canceled a batch of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, forcing the administration to begin processing immigration and asylum applications.
The decision from a judge in Rhode Island said Trump's immigration policies enacted last fall had left immigrants in the United States in "indeterminate legal limbo" because of "anti-immigrant sentiments that it is forbidden from letting influence its decision-making."
The 135-page decision from Judge John J. McConnell Jr. said the decision to stop processing immigration applications from people from 39 countries "placed the lives of countless individuals on hold -- solely by virtue of their countries of birth."
The policies in question include a global pause on asylum applications filed with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a pause on decisions on immigration applications of people from the 39 countries in a travel ban, which prevented them from getting permanent residency status, citizenship and more.
