12-21-2018, 05:38 PM
Supreme Court Rules Against Trump's Plan to Deny Asylum Applications to Migrants Crossing the Border Outside Authorized Ports
As covered in the "Return to Sender" discussion thread.............earlier this week, federal DC circuit judge Sullivan ruled a halt to a Trump administration policy which refused to consider asylum for migrants fleeing gang and domestic violence.
Today, the highest court in the land ruled against another Trump administration immigration policy.
A divided Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Chief Justice John Roberts joined his four more liberal colleagues Friday in ruling against the administration in the very case in which President Donald Trump had derided the “Obama judge” who first blocked the asylum policy.
New Justice Brett Kavanaugh and three other conservative justices sided with the administration.There were no opinions explaining either side’s votes.
The court’s order leaves in place lower court rulings that blocked Trump’s proclamation in November automatically denying asylum to people who enter the country from Mexico without going through official border crossings.
Trump said he was acting in response to caravans of migrants making their way to the border.
The administration had also complained that the nationwide order preventing the policy from taking effect was too broad. But the court also rejected the administration’s suggestion for narrowing it.
https://www.apnews.com/1c239d63b2634f9caadd4053bae058d8
As covered in the "Return to Sender" discussion thread.............earlier this week, federal DC circuit judge Sullivan ruled a halt to a Trump administration policy which refused to consider asylum for migrants fleeing gang and domestic violence.
Today, the highest court in the land ruled against another Trump administration immigration policy.
A divided Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Chief Justice John Roberts joined his four more liberal colleagues Friday in ruling against the administration in the very case in which President Donald Trump had derided the “Obama judge” who first blocked the asylum policy.
New Justice Brett Kavanaugh and three other conservative justices sided with the administration.There were no opinions explaining either side’s votes.
The court’s order leaves in place lower court rulings that blocked Trump’s proclamation in November automatically denying asylum to people who enter the country from Mexico without going through official border crossings.
Trump said he was acting in response to caravans of migrants making their way to the border.
The administration had also complained that the nationwide order preventing the policy from taking effect was too broad. But the court also rejected the administration’s suggestion for narrowing it.
https://www.apnews.com/1c239d63b2634f9caadd4053bae058d8