U.S. Asylum officers urged a federal appeals court on Wednesday to halt Donald Trump's policy of making asylum seekers stay in Mexico while they wait for their cases to be heard by U.S. immigration courts.
The Washington Post reports that the story is still developing. But the brief filed by the union representing the officers argued that the policy is “fundamentally contrary to the moral fabric of our Nation and our international and domestic legal obligations.”
Vox had a story in May reporting that the civil servants felt manipulated by the Trump policy and believed they were being used as pawns in a life-threatening game.