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-Land of the Free

U.S. Supreme Court requires Biden to revive Trump-era 'remain in Mexico' immigration policy

2021-08-25

[al-Rooters] Booyah! HT Insty
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Joe Biden's bid to avoid reinstating an immigration policy implemented by his predecessor, Donald Trump, that forced thousands of asylum seekers to stay in Mexico awaiting U.S. hearings.

The court, with three liberal justices dissenting, rejected the Biden administration's effort to block a Texas-based judge's ruling requiring the government to revive Trump's "remain in Mexico" policy, formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program.

The brief order by the justices means that U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's ruling now goes into effect.

The court's decision referenced its 2020 ruling that thwarted Trump's bid to end a program introduced by Democratic former President Barack Obama that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants - often called "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children.

Both cases concern whether the government followed the correct legal process in unwinding a previous administration's policy.

Biden, who has sought since taking office in January to reverse many of Trump's hardline immigration policies, rolled back the MPP program. Republican-led Texas and Missouri challenged the Democratic president's move.

Courtesy of Gloluth Glairong5218, the Daily Caller adds:

The high court said the administration failed to show the decision to end the policy was not arbitrary and capricious.

Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented.

The administration formally repealed the policy in June despite the crisis at the border. Kacsmaryk ruled to reinstate the policy in early August, ruling the program was ended illegally. Kacsmaryk said the policy must be reinstated until it was "lawfully rescinded" and the administration had the capacity to hold all migrants. The ruling was not put in place immediately, and the Biden administration was given one week to file an appeal.

Posted by:Frank G

#8 I believe SCOTUS technically qualify as the Constitutional experts.

Which brings us back to the continuing dissolution of any reason to obey the law. You can only play - one set of rules for me and another set of rules for thee for so long before you find that the foundation crumbles.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-25 18:33

#7 Somehow I think Bidet will ignore this, just plain ignore it and we will get months of mumbled, word-salad gibberish and testimonials from "Constitutional Experts" about why it's OK!

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2021-08-25 14:41

#6 Is ICE going to round up those who Biden invited to come across the border and return them to Mexico?

Posted by: JohnQC 2021-08-25 14:24

#5 Supreme Court tells Biden to REINSTATE Trump's 'remain in Mexico' policy that forces immigrants to remain south of the border while seeking asylum in US

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-25 11:46

#4 SCOTUS makes a good decision; now to enforce the decision is a country that currently appears to be lawless and without any leadership that's identifiable.

Posted by: JohnQC 2021-08-25 11:17

#3 If they do, it further undermines the legitimacy of the national government. If you haven't been keeping track its all spiraling quickly down. At a certain point, we'll join the Russian people in walking away from the vestiges of the central government. The only thing holding the place together right now is the common currency which they are in the process of destroying.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-25 07:26

#2 "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it."

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-08-25 04:19

#1 What happens if they ignore the ruling?

Posted by: Glenmore 2021-08-25 01:31

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