Minnesota attorneys sue Trump administration over Somalis’ fast-tracked asylum cases

"Precisely the Problem": Immigration Advocates Want Asylum Hearings Scheduled "Years" Ahead

(The Daily Signal)—In a lawsuit against the Trump administration, immigration advocates insist that an asylum case should take “years” to conclude and want “at least a year” to prepare while applicants remain in the United States. The lawyers claim that the administration is unfairly singling out their clients, Somali asylum-seekers, in a “Somali Fast-Track Policy,” giving them a compressed timeline of just four months or less to prepare for hea…

Minnesota attorneys sue Trump administration over Somalis’ fast-tracked asylum cases

The move comes after President Trump’s disparaging comments and efforts to revoke deportation protections for Somalis.

Somali Immigrants Have Effectively Been Denied a Fair Hearing, Lawsuit Says

The Trump administration has been fast-tracking the legal proceedings of Somali immigrants, effectively denying them the right to a fair hearing and potentially expediting their removal from the United States, two Minnesota-based legal providers alleged in a federal lawsuit Tuesday.