...The filing by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Center for Constitutional Rights and American Immigration Council seeks action to “remedy the combined effect of these policies in a single stroke.”

It is part of a long-running lawsuit in federal court in San Diego on behalf of Los Angeles-based advocacy group Al Otro Lado that asserts metering denies people the right to seek asylum under U.S. and international law. The judge has yet to rule on the case. ...

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