U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the Obama administration from detaining individuals seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the policy illegally aims to deter others from immigrating to the U.S.
“Such detention harms putative class members in myriad ways, and as various mental health experts have testified, it is particularly harmful to minor children,” wrote Boasberg, of the District of Columbia.
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Immigration order
