A federal appeals court says the Trump administration can force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for court hearings while the policy is challenged in court.
Suaniy Gomez, 9, of Honduras, with a plate of donated food, stands with other migrants in December in front of a shelter in Tijuana. for court hearings while the policy is challenged in court.
Allowing the policy to remain in effect in the meantime lets the administration carry out an unprecedented change to U.S. asylum practices. The policy was introduced to deal with a growing number of asylum-seeking families from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador arriving at the U.S. border with Mexico. Under a court order, children generally cannot be detained more than 20 days, which has led to widespread releases of families almost immediately after they are stopped by authorities.
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