Judge says restrictions put lives of immigrants in ‘indeterminate legal limbo’, motivated by ‘anti-immigrant sentiment’. The judge invalidated policies the Trump administration enacted last year that halted asylum grants, as well as the processing of immigration benefits for people from 39 countries. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Judge says restrictions put lives of immigrants in ‘indeterminate legal limbo’, motivated by ‘anti-immigrant sentiment’. A federal judge has struck sweeping restrictions imposed by the administration of US President Donald Trump on immigration processing for 3...S1

• The judge invalidated policies the Trump administration enacted last year that halted asylum grants, as well as the processing of immigration benefits for people from 39 countries.S2