India, April 11 -- A federal judge has allowed the Donald Trump administration to go ahead with a requirement that every illegal immigrant in the United States must register with the government and carry documentation.

According to an AP report, judge Trevor Neil McFadden, a Trump appointee, sided with the administration which argued that the officials were "simply enforcing" a requirement that already existed for everyone who is in the country but isn't an American citizen.

The ruling did not go into the substance of the arguments, but rested largely on the technical issue of whether the groups pushing to stop the requirement had standing to pursue their claims. He ruled they didn't, the report added. The requirement goes into effect o...