Judge Allows DHS to Proceed With Immigrant Registry Rule (2)

A federal judge rejected a request by immigration advocacy organizations to block a Trump administration rule requiring millions of immigrants to register with the federal government.

Judge Trevor N. McFadden of the US District Court for the District of Columbia found plaintiffs had failed to establish likelihood of standing to challenge the registry rule. The registry requirement, which goes into effect Friday, gives the Trump administration another tool to enact its mass deportation agenda.

In a lawsuit filed last month, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights and the United Farm Workers argued the Department of Homeland Security regulation violated notice-and-comment ...