“This ruling reaffirms a basic principle: The federal government cannot shut down lawful immigration pathways or discriminate against people based on where they come from,” said one advocate.

According to the judge, many affected individuals had spent more than six months without legal status, employment authorization or any certainty about their future in the United…

A federal judge has ruled against the extreme anti-immigration policies Trump instituted last fall.

A federal judge struck down Trump's asylum policies and immigration processing freezes affecting applicants from 39 travel-ban countries.