(CNN) A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups is asking a federal judge for a restraining order that would block the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their cases make their way through US immigration courts.

Asylum seekers, the organizations said in court documents, "are being returned to Mexico without any meaningful consideration of the dangers they face there, including the very real threat that Mexican authorities will return them to the countries they fled to escape persecution and torture."

CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment.

Asked to comment on Wednesday's filing, Justice Department spokesman Steve Stafford pointed to the statement he issued in response to the lawsuit.

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