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Appeals court: Trump can make asylum seekers wait in Mexico
2019-05-08
SAN DIEGO (AP) ‐ A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for immigration court hearings while the policy is challenged in court, handing the president a major victory, even if it only proves temporary.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ‐ a frequent target of the president’s complaints ‐ reversed a decision by a San Francisco judge that would have prevented asylum seekers from being returned to Mexico during the legal challenge.

The case must still be considered on its merits and could end up at the Supreme Court. But allowing the policy to remain in effect in the meantime lets the administration carry out an unprecedented change to U.S. asylum practices.

The administration has said it plans to rapidly expand the policy across the border, which would have far-reaching consequences for asylum seekers and Mexican border cities that host them while their cases wind through clogged U.S. immigration courts. Cases can take several years to decide.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  chris, a lower court had ruled "orange man bad" and said they had to be let in.

What I find shocking is that it was the 9th that said this.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-05-08 07:48  

#2  i don't see why we needed an appeals court too hear this issue
Posted by: chris   2019-05-08 07:02  

#1  This is HUUUGE. I'd expect that Mexico would suddenly find incentive to stop their border crossings.
Posted by: Warthog   2019-05-08 06:39  

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