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This Bay Area lawsuit blocks Trump’s latest attack on asylum seekers

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Migrant children and their families to apply for asylum in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Wednesday, July 17, 2019.

The Trump Administration has announced a wave of harsh immigration policies this month, and civil rights groups are fighting back with lawsuits. One of these legal battles began Wednesday morning in San Francisco, where a case filed by the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant and other organizations could help determine the fate of thousands of asylum seekers.

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Teresa Cotsirilos was a reporter at KALW covering labor rights and public health in the Bay Area’s immigrant communities.