Judge allows for migrants without legal status to have to register with federal government
A federal judge on Thursday allowed for the Trump administration to mandate that every migrant in the country without legal status must register with the federal government.
Immigration groups sued the administration over the rule.
Judge Trevor McFadden ruled that the advocates would not have the legal standing to succeed, thus the rule, which was scheduled to take effect on Friday, can take place.
"Plaintiffs have failed to show that they have a substantial likelihood of standing," ruled McFadden, a Trump appointee. "As organizations, many of their harms are too speculative, and they have failed to show that the Rule will erode their core missions."
Advocate organizations have contended the rule is "confusingly written and implementing it will cause chaos."
-ABC News' Luke Barr