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Trump Imposes Rule Allowing US to Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - The Trump administration onWednesday unveiled a rule that
   allows officials to detainmigrant families indefinitely while judges
   consider whether togrant them asylum in the United States, abolishing a
   previous20-day limit.

   The rule, which is certain to draw a legal challenge, wouldreplace a
   1997 court settlement that limits the amount of timeU.S. immigration
   authorities can detain migrant children. Thatagreement is generally
   interpreted as meaning families must be
   released within 20 days.

   It was the Republican administration's third majorregulation
   restricting immigration in little more than a month,all during an
   unsettled period when senior immigration officialshold "acting" titles
   lacking U.S. Senate confirmation.

   Trump has made cracking down on legal and illegalimmigration a hallmark
   of his presidency after campaigning in2016 on a promise, so far
   unfulfilled, that Mexico would pay fora border wall to keep migrants
   from entering the United States.

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