Attorney General William P. Barr quietly intervened in an immigration asylum case last week when he issued a decision that narrowed the definition of torture for asylum seekers who invoke it as a grounds for staying in the United States.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
On immigration, Attorney General Barr is his own Supreme Court. Judges and lawyers say that’s a problem.
By Kim Bellware
March 5, 2020 at 9:51 a.m. EST