A reprieve for snowbirds? Trump administration sued over traveller registration requirement [Video]

Immigration advocates are suing the Trump administration over its upcoming registration requirement for non-U.S. citizens staying longer than 29 days, offering a possible reprieve for Canadian snowbirds.

The U.S.-based American Immigration Council and partner organizations launched the suit this week to try to quash the registration rule. They claim the administration failed to seek public input on an ill-conceived directive affecting millions of people.

On Tuesday, the advocacy groups will ask the District Court for the District of Columbia to impose a preliminary injunction blocking the registration requirement before its April 11 rollout.

“We feel strongly that this rule was issued in an improper and illegal way,” said Michelle Lapointe, legal director at the American Immigration Council. “What they’re rolling out is a system that is arbitrary, it’s confusing, it doesn’t make sense.”

In January, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive ordercalled “Protecting the American People Against Invasion.” As of April 11, it requires certain foreign nationals staying …