Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation
2018 Asylum Ban: Proclamation 9822 Bars Asylum for Anyone Crossing Between Ports of Entry
The administration tried to strip asylum eligibility from everyone who crossed the southern border between official crossing points, despite a statute that expressly allows them to apply. The courts blocked it, and the Ninth Circuit found it 'effectively a categorical ban' contrary to US law and refugee-treaty commitments.