Immigration advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration, saying they are illegally shutting down asylum access at the southern border and putting people fleeing war and persecution in harm’s wa

By Ted Hesson and Queenie Garcia WASHINGTON - A leading U.S. civil rights group on Monday filed a lawsuit targeting President Donald Trump's sweeping ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the restrictions effectively block all access to asylum for migrants at the border in violation of U.