Lawyers for the asylum seekers say the Trump administration has flagrantly ignored federal laws that require people who have “credible fear” of persecution and violence in the

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily barred the Department of Homeland Security from deporting eight migrant asylum-seekers who claimed they would face severe violence and threats if returned to their countries of origin.

A federal judge in D.C. temporarily barred the Department of Homeland Security from removing eight asylum seekers from the U.S.