A dozen members of a caravan of Central American asylum seekers headed toward the U.S. border launched a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration for threatening to stop them at the border and detain them in tent cities.
On Thursday, Trump said he planned to sign an order that he said would bar anyone caught crossing into the U.S. illegally from claiming asylum and would detain thousands in “massive cities of tents.”
The announcement came as the president’s administration mobilized military troops at the southwest border in preparation for the arrival of the thousands of caravan members traveling toward the U.S., with the first group of migrants still more than 800 miles away. The U.S. leader warned that if caravan members threw stones at troops, the rocks would be considered a “firearm” because “there’s not much difference.”
