The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to enforce rules proposed in July designed to deter asylum applications from Hondurans, Salvadorans, and Guatemalans
A Guatemalan migrant recently released from federal detention waits inside a bus depot on June 11, 2019, in McAllen, Texas. Photo: LOREN ELLIOTT/AFP/Getty Images On July 15, the Trump administration issued new regulations determining that only migrants who were denied asylum in another country or have been exposed to a ‘‘severe form of [human] trafficking” can apply for asylum in the United States.
The day the rules were announced, Judge Jon S. Tigar of the Federal District Court in San Francisco blocked their implementation, claiming they did not follow required legal procedure. In an unsigned order on Wednesday, the Supreme Court said they may go into effect as legal challenges against the asylum ban move forward. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.
“seeks to upend longstanding practices regarding refugees who seek shelter from persecution. Although this Nation has long kept its doors open to refugees—and although the stakes for asylum seekers could not be higher—the Government implemented its rule without first providing the public notice and inviting the public input generally required by law.”
After Judge Tigar blocked the policy change, the Justice Department appealed the case in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, while requesting that the Supreme Court allow the changes in the interim. The Court’s approval on Wednesday means that the administration can implement the new asylum rules as the case goes through the appeal process.
Shortly after the decision was made public, the American Civil Liberties Union claimed that the policy violates a 1980 federal law that permits the government to deny asylum claims only if the applicant has “firmly resettled” in another country, or if the U.S. has signed a safe-third-country agreement with that nation. “The current ban would eliminate virtually all asylum at the southern border, even at ports of entry, for everyone except Mexicans ,” the A.C.L.U. noted in a statement.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to enforce toughest restriction yet on migrant asylum requestsBREAKING: Supreme Court allows Trump admin. to enforce toughest restriction yet on migrant asylum requests.
Read more »
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to enforce toughest restriction yet on asylum requestsBREAKING: Supreme Court allows Trump admin. to enforce toughest restriction yet on migrant asylum requests.
Read more »
Supreme Court Authorizes Trump to Deny Asylum to Central AmericansThe Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration for now to deny asylum to Central Americans who cross through other countries on their way to the U.S.
Read more »
Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of asylum limitsThe Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States
Read more »
Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of asylum limitsWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United...
Read more »