An appeals court halted a Trump administration policy of returning migrants to Mexico while asylum requests are considered
A federal appeals court has ruled the Trump administration must halt a policy of returning Central American migrants to Mexico while their requests for asylum in the U.S. are considered.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, on Friday ruled the plan was inconsistent with federal law. The decision marked a shift for the appeals court, which had issued a preliminary ruling that allowed the administration to implement the policy while legal proceedings continued.
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