Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of Trump asylum rule
5 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of Trump asylum rule

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. The justices’ order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower court ruling that had blocked the new asylum policy in some states along the southern border. Migrants with valid claims “should be seeking help and asylum from the first country they come in contact with,” Morgan said Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends.” ’'They shouldn’t be paying the cartels thousands of dollars and risking their lives to take a 1,000-mile journey across several countries to get help. We want them to get help and seek asylum in the first country they get to.” Justice Department spokesperson Alexei Woltornist said the agency was “pleased that the Supreme Court intervened in this case,” adding, “This action will assist the Administration in its objectives to bring order to the crisis at the southern border, close loopholes in our immigration system, and discourage frivolous claims.” ___ Associated Press writer Colleen Long contributed to this report.

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Supreme Court likely having 'break-the-glass' conversations about Trump: analyst
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court likely having 'break-the-glass' conversations about Trump: analyst

Raw Story  

The United States Supreme Court at times would step in during President-elect Donald Trump's first term to block his more extreme policies. But I think it will stand up to him in some cases, and the question is then what?” He isn't certain whether Trump would comply with a Supreme Court ruling that he didn't agree with. This Supreme Court …

ACLU Sues Biden Administration Over ‘Unilateral’ Ban On Asylum Seekers
6 months, 4 weeks ago

ACLU Sues Biden Administration Over ‘Unilateral’ Ban On Asylum Seekers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Biden administration on Wednesday after the White House said it would effectively shut out asylum seekers who attempt to cross the country’s southern border from Mexico. “The administration lacks unilateral authority to override Congress and bar asylum based on how one enters the country, a point the courts made crystal …

Biden imposes strict restrictions on asylum at southern US border
7 months, 1 week ago

Biden imposes strict restrictions on asylum at southern US border

Al Jazeera  

New measures all but deny the right to claim asylum for people who cross the US southern border without authorisation. Washington, DC – United States President Joe Biden has imposed new restrictions that would bar most migrants who cross the US southern border without authorisation from seeking asylum in the country. “They will make it easier for immigration officers to …

A new rule aims to speed up the removal of a limited group of migrants who don’t qualify for asylum
8 months ago

A new rule aims to speed up the removal of a limited group of migrants who don’t qualify for asylum

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A new Biden administration rule announced Thursday aims to speed up asylum processing at the southern border for a limited group of people believed to have committed serious crimes or who have terrorist links and ultimately more quickly eject them from the country. Under the proposed rule, asylum officers hearing cases at an initial screening stage called credible …

Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court based in New Orleans has become a prime destination for conservatives pursuing legal strategies to bolster gun rights, stop abortion or — as was the case Wednesday — block immigration. ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION Even before the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, 5th Circuit judges had a history of chipping away at …

Biden administration warns of major disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden administration warns of major disruption at border if judges halt asylum rule

Associated Press  

The Biden administration on Tuesday urged an appeals court to allow sweeping new asylum restrictions to stay in place, warning that halting them would be “highly disruptive” at the border. The new restrictions made it far more difficult to qualify for asylum if a migrant didn’t first apply online or traveled through another country, such as Mexico, and didn’t seek …

US Court Brings Relief for Biden, Stays Asylum ‘Ban’ at Southern US Border
1 year, 5 months ago

US Court Brings Relief for Biden, Stays Asylum ‘Ban’ at Southern US Border

News 18  

A de facto ban on claiming asylum at the US southern border implemented in May in an effort to stem a feared influx of migrants can stay in place for now, a court said Thursday. President Joe Biden’s administration said claims would still be accepted, but only if made in a migrant’s home country or in a country they had …

Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out
1 year, 5 months ago

Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place. The new rule makes it extremely difficult for people to be granted asylum unless they first seek protection in a country they’re traveling through on their way to the U.S. or apply online. At the time, the U.S. was ending …

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 …

Federal court blocks Biden rule limiting asylum for migrants, a big blow to administration
1 year, 5 months ago

Federal court blocks Biden rule limiting asylum for migrants, a big blow to administration

LA Times  

Immigrants bundle up against the cold after spending the night camped alongside the U.S.-Mexico border fence next to El Paso in December 2022. A federal judge in Oakland on Tuesday blocked a Biden administration rule that limits migrants’ access to asylum at the southern border, casting doubt on the future of a key policy aimed at limiting crossings. “The ruling …

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 rejects a lawsuit from states demanding that Biden administration boost deportations
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court rejects a lawsuit from states demanding that Biden administration boost deportations

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Republican-led challenge to a Biden administration policy that prioritizes the deportation of immigrants who are deemed to pose the greatest risk to public safety or were picked up at the border. At the center of the case is a September 2021 directive from the Department of Homeland Security that paused deportations …

Top US court rules Biden immigration enforcement policy can stand
1 year, 6 months ago

Top US court rules Biden immigration enforcement policy can stand

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court has ruled to uphold an immigration policy set by the administration of President Joe Biden, which narrowed the scope of those prioritised for deportation. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal and rights advocacy group, called the ruling was a “welcome step in the process to reimagine our immigration enforcement priorities”. “With finite resources, the …

ACLU sues to block Biden policy limiting asylum at the southern border
1 year, 8 months ago

ACLU sues to block Biden policy limiting asylum at the southern border

LA Times  

U.S. border patrol agents process a group of 30 migrants who have been waiting to cross into the United States from Tijuana on May 11, 2023. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court in Northern California on Thursday aiming to block a Biden administration policy set to limit asylum for those who cross the border without …

US Says Migrants Entering US via Border No Longer Eligible for Asylum
1 year, 10 months ago

US Says Migrants Entering US via Border No Longer Eligible for Asylum

News 18  

President Joe Biden’s administration proposed tough new restrictions on asylum seekers Tuesday, saying it wanted to head off a rush of migrants to the southern border when Covid-related controls are lifted. “We are strengthening the availability of legal, orderly pathways for migrants to come to the United States, at the same time proposing new consequences on those who fail to …

Supreme Court keeps Trump-era migrant ban in place for now
2 years ago

Supreme Court keeps Trump-era migrant ban in place for now

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. Chief Justice John Roberts, Trump-appointed justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, and GOP-appointed …

Photos: Uncertainty among asylum seekers at border over US rules
2 years ago

Photos: Uncertainty among asylum seekers at border over US rules

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of asylum seekers have converged on the US border with Mexico, anticipating the lifting of pandemic-era restrictions, but there is no clear indication of what the process might be to enter the United States. People have been denied rights to seek asylum under US and international law 2.5 million times since March 2020 on grounds of preventing COVID-19 under …

Supreme Court temporarily blocks the end of Trump-era immigration policy
2 years ago

Supreme Court temporarily blocks the end of Trump-era immigration policy

LA Times  

Acting on an emergency appeal from some Republican-led states, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a temporary order Monday that will preserve — for now — a Trump-era policy that turned away most migrants seeking asylum at the southern border. It remains unclear whether Roberts or the full Supreme Court will make a decision on the appeal before Wednesday, …

U.S. Supreme Court extends border restrictions just before they were set to end
2 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court extends border restrictions just before they were set to end

NPR  

U.S. Supreme Court extends border restrictions just before they were set to end Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images EL PASO, Texas – The pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 will continue, at least for now, after the U.S. Supreme court has granted an 11th-hour request by a group of Republican attorneys general from …

US appeals court rejects efforts by conservative states on maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions
2 years ago

US appeals court rejects efforts by conservative states on maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions

Firstpost  

Migrants have been denied rights to seek asylum under US and international law 2.5 million times since March 2020 on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The public-health rule known as Title 42 has left some migrants biding time in Mexico Reynosa, Mexico: An appeals court on Friday rejected efforts by conservative states to maintain Trump-era asylum restrictions on …

US appeals ruling that would lift asylum restrictions
2 years, 1 month ago

US appeals ruling that would lift asylum restrictions

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — The U.S. government said Wednesday it is appealing a court ruling that would lift asylum restrictions that have become the cornerstone of border enforcement in recent years. But there was no indication that the appeal would scuttle a Dec. 21 deadline set by a federal judge to end asylum restrictions that have been used to expel …

Supreme Court won’t let Biden implement immigration policy
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court won’t let Biden implement immigration policy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. The justices were acting on the administration’s emergency request to the court following conflicting decisions by federal appeals courts over a September directive from the Homeland Security Department that paused …

Administration seeks Supreme Court OK on deportation policy
2 years, 6 months ago

Administration seeks Supreme Court OK on deportation policy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to put in place guidance that prioritizes deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. The emergency request to the court follows conflicting decisions by federal appeals courts in recent days over a September directive from the Homeland Security Department …

Supreme Court: Biden can end Trump-era asylum policy
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court: Biden can end Trump-era asylum policy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday the Biden administration can scrap a Trump-era immigration policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration courts, a victory for a White House that still must address the growing number of people seeking refuge at America’s southern border. Kavanaugh also wrote separately and noted that in general, when there …

Justices rule against detained immigrants seeking release
2 years, 6 months ago

Justices rule against detained immigrants seeking release

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled against immigrants who are seeking their release from long periods of detention while they fight deportation orders. In two cases decided Monday, the court said that the immigrants, who fear persecution if sent back to their native countries, have no right under a federal law to a bond hearing at which they could …

US high court rules against detained immigrants seeking release
2 years, 6 months ago

US high court rules against detained immigrants seeking release

Al Jazeera  

Justices rule that immigrants being held for long periods have no right to argue for release as they fight deportation. In two cases decided Monday, the court said that the immigrants, who fear persecution if sent back to their native countries, have no right under a federal law to a bond hearing at which they could argue for their freedom …

Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border
2 years, 7 months ago

Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border must continue, a judge ruled Friday in an order blocking the Biden administration’s plan to lift them early next week. The judge cited what he said were the government’s own predictions that ending the restrictions would likely increase border crossings threefold, to as many as 18,000 daily. …

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 …

Will the Supreme Court be as deferential to Biden on immigration as it was to Trump?
2 years, 8 months ago

Will the Supreme Court be as deferential to Biden on immigration as it was to Trump?

NPR  

Will the Supreme Court be as deferential to Biden on immigration as it was to Trump? Sponsor Message The case centers on the meaning of numerous immigration provisions, how they have been interpreted for decades and, bluntly put, whether the Supreme Court will be as deferential to the Biden administration as it was to the Trump administration when it comes …

The Supreme Court Has Let a Lone Trump Judge Take Over Biden’s Foreign Policy
55 years ago

The Supreme Court Has Let a Lone Trump Judge Take Over Biden’s Foreign Policy

Slate  

On Tuesday night, the Supreme Court issued one of the most radical orders in recent memory—and it did it in three sentences, unsigned. By a 6–3 vote, the conservative justices attacked the president’s authority to conduct foreign policy by compelling the Biden administration to revive Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which required all asylum-seekers who arrive at the Southern …

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 …

Federal judge blocks new criminal disqualifiers to asylum
4 years, 1 month ago

Federal judge blocks new criminal disqualifiers to asylum

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 A federal judge on Thursday …

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 …

Justices to weigh Trump census plan to exclude noncitizens
4 years, 2 months ago

Justices to weigh Trump census plan to exclude noncitizens

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from the census count that will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives. Trump’s high court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, could take part in the case if, as seems likely, …

Judge deals setback to key Trump policy limiting asylum
4 years, 6 months ago

Judge deals setback to key Trump policy limiting asylum

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge has knocked down a cornerstone border policy of the Trump administration that denies asylum to people who travel through other countries to reach the U.S.-Mexico border without first seeking protection in those countries. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that authorities violated federal rule-making procedures by not seeking public feedback before putting the policy …

Trump administration proposes sweeping asylum restrictions
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump administration proposes sweeping asylum restrictions

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping restrictions on asylum, seeking to align a legal framework with the president’s efforts to limit immigration to the United States. The administration will propose new definitions for some ways people qualify for asylum, specifically “political opinion” and membership in a “particular social group.” Asylum is for people who face persecution …

Trump to block migrants and asylum seekers at US-Mexico border
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump to block migrants and asylum seekers at US-Mexico border

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump confirmed he’s planning to bar entry to migrants illegally crossing the US southern border, including those seeking asylum, in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. “The answer’s yes,” Trump said at the White House when asked if he was planning to take that step, which he said would come “very soon,” …

Justices allow ‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum policy to continue
4 years, 9 months ago

Justices allow ‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum policy to continue

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower court rulings that the policy probably is illegal. The justices’ order, over a dissenting vote by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, overturns a lower court order that would have blocked the …

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,” …

Immigration: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it enforce ‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum policy
4 years, 10 months ago

Immigration: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it enforce ‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum policy

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Trump administration filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court Friday, asking the justices to allow the controversial “Remain in Mexico” asylum policy to remain in effect pending appeal. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the policy last week, but is allowing it to remain in effect just long enough for the Supreme Court …

Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order
4 years, 10 months ago

Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A Trump administration immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts was blocked and then reinstated by a court in the matter of hours, creating chaos at border crossings, courtrooms and legal offices. ACLU attorney Judy Rabinovitz called the suspension of Friday’s order “a temporary step.” “We will …

Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court
4 years, 11 months ago

Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, the ruling appeared to shut down legal challenges that claimed the policy was rooted in anti-Muslim bias. The court is being asked to decide whether a federal judge in Maryland made a mistake when he refused to dismiss …

Judge halts Trump’s order allowing states to block refugees
4 years, 11 months ago

Judge halts Trump’s order allowing states to block refugees

Associated Press  

— A federal judge on Wednesday halted President Donald Trump’s executive order that gave state and local officials the ability to shut the door on refugees, and ignited a fierce debate in communities about how welcoming the United States should be. U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte in Maryland said in his ruling that the president’s order “flies in the face …

Immigration: Trump administration proposes additional restrictions on asylum seekers
5 years ago

Immigration: Trump administration proposes additional restrictions on asylum seekers

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed additional mandatory limits for asylum seekers, specifically targeting migrants who have committed certain crimes, including illegal reentry and driving while under the influence. This is the latest move by the Trump administration to severely limit the ability of people to claim asylum in the US, which has included sending people to …

Supreme Court May Side With Trump On 'DREAMers'
5 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court May Side With Trump On 'DREAMers'

NPR  

Supreme Court May Side With Trump On 'DREAMers' Enlarge this image toggle caption Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled Tuesday that it may let the Trump administration shut down the Obama-era program that granted temporary protection from deportation to roughly 700,000 young people, commonly known as DREAMers. Sponsor Message Enlarge this image toggle caption Susan …

Supreme Court Takes Up Case Over Quick Deportations
5 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Takes Up Case Over Quick Deportations

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will review a lower court ruling in favor of a man seeking asylum, a case the Trump administration says could further clog the U.S. immigration court system. The justices said Friday they will hear the administration’s appeal of a ruling by the federal appeals court in San Francisco that blocked the quick …

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 …

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