US administration argues against trial in case of Trump-era family separations at border with Mexico
1 year, 6 months ago

US administration argues against trial in case of Trump-era family separations at border with Mexico

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Despite President Joe Biden’s loathing of his predecessor’s practice of separating migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, his administration argued in federal court Tuesday that a lawsuit seeking money for five affected mothers and their children should be dismissed. Attorney Diana Reiter, representing the families, argued the case should go to trial because the separations were part of a bigger policy under then-President Donald Trump aimed at preventing migrants from arriving at the border. The U.S. government's push to prevent a trial underscores the awkward position the Biden administration is now in as it grapples with its own problems managing migrant arrivals at the border. In 2021, the Biden administration participated quietly in settlement negotiations to end such lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who were forcibly separated under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy.

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Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation
2 months ago

Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation

Associated Press  

A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. Barker ruled Thursday that the Biden administration had overstepped its authority by implementing the program and had stretched the legal interpretation of relevant immigration law “past its breaking point.” AP AUDIO: …

Trump-nominated judge blocks Biden’s ‘Keeping Families Together’ immigration policy
2 months ago

Trump-nominated judge blocks Biden’s ‘Keeping Families Together’ immigration policy

Live Mint  

US Elections 2024: A Donald Trump-nominated judge Thursday struck down Joe Biden's “Keeping Families Together” policy, intended to help undocumented spouses of US citizens obtain legal status. The verdict comes merely days after Donald Trump swept to victory in the US presidential Elections, with cracking down on illegal immigration and launching massive deportations at the top of his list of …

Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation
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2 months ago

Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation

NPR  

Judge strikes down Biden program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential actions to help immigrant families in years, allowed …

Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation
2 months ago

Judge strikes down Biden administration program shielding immigrant spouses from deportation

LA Times  

President Biden speaks with U.S. Border Patrol and local officials during a visit to the southern border in Brownsville, Texas, in February. A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential …

A judge will mull whether an Arizona border rancher can face a new murder trial after dismissal
7 months, 1 week ago

A judge will mull whether an Arizona border rancher can face a new murder trial after dismissal

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The judge overseeing the case …

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at US border for 8 years
1 year, 1 month ago

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at US border for 8 years

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn’t ruled out if voters return him to the White House next year. The separation of thousands of families “represents one of the most …

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at U.S. border for 8 years
1 year, 1 month ago

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at U.S. border for 8 years

LA Times  

A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn’t ruled out if voters return him to the White House next year. The separation of thousands of families “represents one of the most shameful chapters in …

Biden administration settles lawsuit over Trump-era migrant family separation policy
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden administration settles lawsuit over Trump-era migrant family separation policy

Raw Story  

Oct. 16, 2023 "Biden administration settles lawsuit over Trump-era migrant family separation policy" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The federal government will be prohibited from implementing a Trump administration immigration policy that separated children from parents …

Settlement over Trump family separations at the border limits future separations for 8 years
1 year, 2 months ago

Settlement over Trump family separations at the border limits future separations for 8 years

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The federal government would be barred from immigration policies that separate parents from children for eight years under a proposed court settlement announced Monday that also provides families that were split under the Trump administration with temporary legal status and short-term housing aid. The settlement between the Biden administration and the American Civil Liberties Union, if approved …

Biden agrees to settle ACLU lawsuit over Trump-era migrant family separations
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden agrees to settle ACLU lawsuit over Trump-era migrant family separations

LA Times  

People who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border are held at a border patrol processing center located below the Eagle Pass International Bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas. Government policies that cause widespread separation of migrant children from their parents would be banned under a proposed legal settlement filed Monday by the Biden administration and the American Civil Liberties Union. “The Department of …

Biden’s asylum curbs at US-Mexico border can stay for now, court rules
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden’s asylum curbs at US-Mexico border can stay for now, court rules

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration is appealing a legal challenge to policy restricting access to asylum at border with Mexico. US President Joe Biden’s restrictions on access to asylum at the United States border with Mexico can remain in place for now, an appeals court has ruled, as the Biden administration contends with a legal challenge to the policy. But human rights groups …

US judge blocks Biden’s ‘asylum ban’ at Mexico border
1 year, 5 months ago

US judge blocks Biden’s ‘asylum ban’ at Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups hail the ruling as a ‘victory’ but note it will have little immediate effect at the US-Mexico border. A United States judge has ruled that a key tenet of President Joe Biden’s border policy is in violation of the country’s asylum law, in a decision hailed by rights groups as a “victory”. But critics have dubbed the Biden …

Biden administration tells judge that its new asylum rule is not a reboot of Trump’s efforts
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden administration tells judge that its new asylum rule is not a reboot of Trump’s efforts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration argued Wednesday that its new asylum rule is different from versions put forward under President Donald Trump in a court hearing before a judge who threw out Trump’s attempts to limit asylum on the U.S.-Mexico border. President Joe Biden’s administration instituted its rule on May 11 with the expiration of a COVID-19 restriction known as …

Supreme Court certifies ruling ending Trump border policy
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court certifies ruling ending Trump border policy

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Supreme Court on Monday certified its month-old ruling allowing the Biden administration to end a cornerstone Trump-era border policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, a pro forma act that has drawn attention amid near-total silence from the White House about when, how and even whether it will dismantle the …

Supreme Court rules Biden can end Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court rules Biden can end Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Biden’s power to enforce immigration laws, ruling he may repeal the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, which barred most Central American migrants from entering the United States to seek asylum. The 5-4 decision in Biden vs. Texas reversed lower court rulings that held the Democratic administration must continue President Trump’s strict border enforcement …

How a 'shadow Trump administration' is hindering Biden's agenda: report
2 years, 7 months ago

How a 'shadow Trump administration' is hindering Biden's agenda: report

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump appointed more than 200 judges to the federal bench during his four years in office. Immigration advocates say those judges today are operating like a "shadow Trump administration" as they decide cases in which President Joe Biden has sought to undo some of his predecessor's strictest policies. As NPR reports, lawyers for Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri …

High court could free Biden to end Trump asylum policy
2 years, 8 months ago

High court could free Biden to end Trump asylum policy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned lower-court orders that have blocked the Biden administration from ending a controversial Trump-era immigration program for asylum-seekers. Questions from conservative and liberal justices during nearly two hours of arguments suggested that the court could free the administration to end the “Remain in Mexico” policy that forces some people seeking asylum in the …

Texas takes its fight over Biden's border policies to judges appointed by Trump
2 years, 10 months ago

Texas takes its fight over Biden's border policies to judges appointed by Trump

NPR  

Texas takes its fight over Biden's border policies to judges appointed by Trump Texas is leading the legal challenge against the Biden administration's immigration policies — and winning. The Republican-led state government there has filed a series of lawsuits over border policy, and critics say they are steering these cases to judges appointed by former President Trump. ROSE: Paxton held …

Court won’t allow reversal of Trump remain-in-Mexico policy
3 years ago

Court won’t allow reversal of Trump remain-in-Mexico policy

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to the Biden administration’s attempt to undo former President Donald Trump’s policy requiring people seeking asylum in the United States to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims are processed. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld a Texas-based federal judge’s decision maintaining Trump’s policy, formally known as …

US steps up effort to unite families separated under Trump
3 years, 3 months ago

US steps up effort to unite families separated under Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is expanding its effort to find and reunite migrant families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under President Donald Trump as part of a zero-tolerance policy on illegal crossings. “We recognize that we can’t make these families completely whole again,” said Michelle Brané, executive director of the administration’s Family Reunification Task Force. “But we …

US Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
3 years, 4 months ago

US Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration says its regrets the court’s decision but will will comply with the order ‘in good faith’. The Supreme Court of the United States has denied President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind an immigration policy implemented by his predecessor that forced thousands of asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the US. With three liberal justices …

US formally ends Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum policy
3 years, 7 months ago

US formally ends Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum policy

Al Jazeera  

According to a memo, more than 11,000 migrants have been allowed to enter the US to pursue their asylum claims. The United States has formally ended the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, which forced tens of thousands of Central American asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for US court cases, according to a US Department of Homeland Security memo sent …

Republicans trod well-worn path to court to sue Biden
3 years, 9 months ago

Republicans trod well-worn path to court to sue Biden

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — These are busy days for Republican state attorneys general, filing repeated lawsuits that claim President Joe Biden and his administration are overstepping their authority on immigration, climate change, the environment and taxes. “This is something the Republicans have taken from the Democratic playbook, just as the Democrats had taken a lot of things from the Republican playbook during …

Immigration: Thousands of migrants forced to stay in Mexico wait for direction from the Biden administration
3 years, 11 months ago

Immigration: Thousands of migrants forced to stay in Mexico wait for direction from the Biden administration

CNN  

CNN — Within the span of a year and a half, a Cuban couple living on the US-Mexico border were repeatedly threatened, attacked and lost a baby after being assaulted, as they waited for their next immigration court date in the United States under a Trump-era policy. What we saw our clients go through is the opposite of dignity.” RELATED: …

Joe Biden’s defeat in Texas shows how the conservative judiciary can thwart his agenda
3 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden’s defeat in Texas shows how the conservative judiciary can thwart his agenda

CNN  

CNN — A federal judge’s action Tuesday preventing President Joe Biden’s 100-day pause in deportations demonstrated the land mines that await the new administration in the nation’s courts. US District Judge Drew Tipton, also a Trump appointee, sided on Tuesday with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Trump loyalist who has challenged Biden’s temporary suspension of deportations. Department of Homeland …

Texas sues Biden administration over halt to deportations
3 years, 11 months ago

Texas sues Biden administration over halt to deportations

The Hindu  

Texas on Friday moved to stop President Joe Biden from allowing a 100-day moratorium on deportations, bringing one of the first lawsuits against his new administration. In rushing to court not even a week after Mr. Biden was sworn in, America's biggest red state signaled that it was ready to resume the role of chief antagonist to a Democratic President's …

Texas files lawsuit to block Biden’s 100-day deportation freeze
3 years, 11 months ago

Texas files lawsuit to block Biden’s 100-day deportation freeze

Al Jazeera  

Texas, which shares a long border with Mexico, claims freeze will cause ‘irreparable harm’ to the state. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit that seeks to block US President Joe Biden’s move to pause certain deportations for 100 days, a move by the Democratic president that has provoked blowback from some Republicans. Here’s our lawsuit: https://t.co/oR2cfG85Bz — …

Justice Department was unprepared for family separations but Sessions pushed it anyway, watchdog says
3 years, 11 months ago

Justice Department was unprepared for family separations but Sessions pushed it anyway, watchdog says

CNN  

CNN — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions knew early on migrant families would be separated when the Trump administration implemented its controversial “zero tolerance” policy and still proceeded to push for the policy, according to a scathing report from the Justice Department inspector general released Thursday. In 2018, the Trump administration announced the so-called “zero tolerance” policy, in which the …

Immigrant advocates urge Biden to quickly rectify the trauma of family separation
4 years ago

Immigrant advocates urge Biden to quickly rectify the trauma of family separation

CNN  

CNN — Immigrant advocacy groups, who for years scrambled to identify and reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border, are now preparing for the incoming administration and steps to rectify the trauma experienced by parents and children. Last week, immigrant advocacy groups met with the Joe Biden transition team on family separation and next steps as part of a series …

Judge orders US to stop expelling children who cross border
4 years, 1 month ago

Judge orders US to stop expelling children who cross border

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to stop expelling immigrant children who cross the southern border alone, halting a policy that has resulted in thousands of rapid deportations of minors during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan issued a preliminary injunction sought by legal groups suing on behalf of children whom the government …

US Supreme Court to hear two cases on Trump immigration policy
4 years, 2 months ago

US Supreme Court to hear two cases on Trump immigration policy

Al Jazeera  

US high court to determine legality of ‘Remain in Mexico’ and funding for Trump’s border wall in 2021. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two cases involving Trump administration policies at the US-Mexico border: One about a policy that makes asylum seekers wait in Mexico for US court hearings and a second about the administration’s use of money …

US Supreme Court allows ‘Remain in Mexico’ to stay in place
4 years, 10 months ago

US Supreme Court allows ‘Remain in Mexico’ to stay in place

Al Jazeera  

Immigrant rights groups blast the ruling, saying the policy endangers thousands along the US-Mexico border. Had the Supreme Court allowed the decision to remain, asylum seekers who crossed the border in Arizona and California would not have been subject to the Migrant Protection Protocols. Asylum seekers face grave danger and irreversible harm every day this depraved policy remains in effect,” …

Court Blocks Trump's 'Remain In Mexico' Policy Along Part Of The Border
4 years, 10 months ago

Court Blocks Trump's 'Remain In Mexico' Policy Along Part Of The Border

NPR  

Court Blocks Trump's 'Remain In Mexico' Policy Along Part Of The Border Enlarge this image toggle caption Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images A federal appeals court has decided to block the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" plan in two states along the U.S. border, following back-and-forth rulings over the program. Sponsor Message On Wednesday, the court said it remains …

Trump administration's family separations at Mexico border are torture, doctors find
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump administration's family separations at Mexico border are torture, doctors find

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the report, “‘You Will Never See Your Child Again’: The Persistent Psychological Effects …

Key Trump asylum policies are tested in appeals court
5 years, 3 months ago

Key Trump asylum policies are tested in appeals court

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Attorneys for the Trump administration and the American Civil Liberties Union sparred Tuesday before a federal appeals court on two major changes to the rules of asylum, a backwater topic in immigration policy debates until the president made it a crucial part of his agenda. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard arguments on a policy …

US Supreme Court allows Trump to deny asylum to many Central Americans
5 years, 3 months ago

US Supreme Court allows Trump to deny asylum to many Central Americans

India Today  

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by President Donald Trump's administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration policies. The Republican president's administration issued the rule in an attempt to reduce the surging number of asylum claims primarily by Central …

Trump administration pushes to speed up migrant family cases
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump administration pushes to speed up migrant family cases

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Rosita Lopez said armed gang members demanded money from her and her partner at their small grocery store on the Guatemalan coast and threatened to kill them when they couldn’t pay. “The families that are all ready to go and desperate, ready with counsel, have survived multiple atrocities can’t seem to get before the judge, and others …

Judge blocks Trump asylum restrictions at US-Mexico border
5 years, 5 months ago

Judge blocks Trump asylum restrictions at US-Mexico border

Associated Press  

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop denying asylum to anyone who transits through another country to reach the U.S. border, marking the latest legal defeat for a president waging an all-out battle to stem the flow of migrants entering from Mexico. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco on Wednesday came hours …

Judge won’t block US asylum restrictions at southern border
5 years, 5 months ago

Judge won’t block US asylum restrictions at southern border

LA Times  

FILE - In this July 17, 2019, file photo, a United States Customs and Border Protection Officer checks the documents of migrants before being taken to apply for asylum in the United States, on International Bridge 1 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. On Wednesday, July 24, 2019, a federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments in a challenge to the …

Trump to stop migrants claiming asylum after crossing Mexico in major border crackdown
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump to stop migrants claiming asylum after crossing Mexico in major border crackdown

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump’s administration has …

Judge blocks Trump’s asylum policy but delays enforcement
5 years, 9 months ago

Judge blocks Trump’s asylum policy but delays enforcement

Associated Press  

A U.S. judge decided Monday to block the Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico as they wait for an immigration court to hear their cases, but the ruling is on hold for several days. Seeborg also said a law that President Donald Trump’s administration cited as its authority to send back migrants does not apply to asylum …

Leaked memo reveals Trump administration DID want to separate families at the border
5 years, 11 months ago

Leaked memo reveals Trump administration DID want to separate families at the border

Daily Mail  

A leaked Trump administration memo shows that the government did consider separating families at the US border despite calling press reports on the matter 'irresponsible and unproductive'. A leaked internal Trump administration memo shows that the government considered the merits of separating families at the US border to speed up their deportation According to comments on the document, the administration …

John Kelly blames child-separation policy on Jeff Sessions in exit interview
6 years ago

John Kelly blames child-separation policy on Jeff Sessions in exit interview

Salon  

John Kelly, who is leaving his position as Chief of Staff on Wednesday, opened up about his 18 months in the White House in an extensive interview with the Los Angeles Times, published on Sunday, providing more insight into his time with the Trump administration. “What happened was Jeff Sessions, he was the one that instituted the zero-tolerance process on …

Trump admin can’t limit asylum protections for domestic and gang violence victims, judge rules
6 years ago

Trump admin can’t limit asylum protections for domestic and gang violence victims, judge rules

CNN  

Washington CNN — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration’s policy that makes it difficult for victims fleeing domestic and gang violence to qualify for asylum in the United States and ruled that some people deported under the policy have to be returned. In a rebuke of the policy established by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Judge Emmet …

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