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2020-02-29 Home Front: Politix

Federal court temporarily halts Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy UPDATE: on hold for Supreme Court appeal

[NEWS.YAHOO] A federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum-seekers to Mexico to await court hearings, a practice immigrant advocates have denounced as inhumane and deadly.

The decision on Friday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
deals a blow to the Trump administration. The process ‐ called the Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP, also known as "Remain in Mexico" ‐ had been seen as another tool in President Donald Trump

...the Nailer of NAFTA...
’s asylum crackdown.

Since the U.S. Department of Homeland Security rolled out the program in January 2019, the U.S. government has sent back more than 60,000 people to seven Mexican border cities from Tijuana to Matamoros. Those included some of those most dangerous areas of the border, exposing ~~migrants~~ colonists to assaults, kidnappings, murders and extortion.

U.S. authorities have argued that the policy keeps ~~migrants~~ colonists from slipping into the U.S. and deters other ~~migrants~~ colonists considering crossing from the U.S. southern border.

Update from Reuters at 5:45 p.m. ET:

Later on Friday, the Trump administration said in an emergency motion that at least 25,000 migrants sent back through the program were still in Mexico and that halting the program “could prompt a rush on the southern border”.

In response, the appeals court put its ruling on hold to allow the administration to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the issue.

Posted by Fred 2020-02-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 WTF?
Didn't SCOTUS just strike down this egregious habit of federal judges staying decisions outside their purview?

Posted by Lex 2020-02-29 09:28|| 2020-02-29 09:28|| Front Page Top

#2 SCOTUS will once again have to slap down the ninth.

Keep flipping judges guys.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-02-29 10:11|| 2020-02-29 10:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Decision by 2 Clinton appointees. Concurring opinion by a Senior judge appointed by GHW Bush.

In other news, there is currently only 1 vacancy on a federal appeals court (5th - which is already heavily Republican), and there have been no new openings for months now. No doubt everyone is holding out to see what happens in November. After that, well, there are lots of 70+ and even 80+ year old Clinton judges out there.

Posted by Iblis 2020-02-29 17:58|| 2020-02-29 17:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Temp halt put on hold. Apparently they know it will get squished

Posted by Frank G 2020-02-29 19:31|| 2020-02-29 19:31|| Front Page Top

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