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 deportation of a man from Sri Lanka. Nearly 90 percent of all asylum seekers pass their initial interview, and then are generally released into the country where they await court proceedings. But since 2004, asylum seekers who don’t pass and who are arrested within 100 miles of the border and two weeks of arriving in the United States are subject to “expedited removal,” or quick deportation.

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Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Has One Major Vulnerability
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Has One Major Vulnerability

Slate  

Donald Trump campaigned on a promise of mass deportations beginning on the first day of his presidency, and from every indication, he intends to make good on it. If Trump’s public statements and the actions of his first administration are any guide, the new administration appears poised to expand detention facilities, attempt to reinstitute family separations, end programs like temporary …

The Biden administration is planning more changes to quicken asylum processing for new migrants
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Biden administration is planning more changes to quicken asylum processing for new migrants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing more changes to the nation’s asylum system meant to speed up processing and potential removal of migrants who continue to arrive at the southern border, an interim step as President Joe Biden continues to mull a broader executive order to crack down on border crossings that may come later this year. The broader …

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 …

Biden administration wants to speed up deportation for some migrants. How will it work?
8 months ago

Biden administration wants to speed up deportation for some migrants. How will it work?

LA Times  

People line up against a border wall as they wait to apply for asylum after crossing the border from Mexico last July near Yuma, Ariz. In 2020, the Trump administration implemented a rule similarly instructing asylum officers to apply asylum bars during credible fear screenings. Instead, asylum officers “would only consider a bar in those cases where there is easily …

Fueled by unprecedented border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Fueled by unprecedented border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Eight months after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States, a couple in their 20s sat in an immigration court in Miami with their three young children. Judge Christina Martyak agreed to a three-month extension, referred Aarón Rodriguéz and Cindy Baneza to free legal aid provided by the Catholic Archdiocese of Miami in the same courthouse — …

Fueled by unprecedented border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Fueled by unprecedented border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts

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. Judge Christina Martyak agreed to a three-month extension, referred …

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 …

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 …

US readies second attempt at speedy border asylum screenings
1 year, 8 months ago

US readies second attempt at speedy border asylum screenings

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — President Joe Biden scrapped expedited asylum screenings during his first month in office as part of a gutting of Trump administration border polices that included building a wall with Mexico. Donald Trump’s fast-track reviews drew sharp criticism from internal government watchdog agencies as the percentage of people who passed those “credible fear interviews” plummeted. Under the Biden …

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 …

US scraps ‘remain in Mexico’ policy after Supreme Court ruling
2 years, 5 months ago

US scraps ‘remain in Mexico’ policy after Supreme Court ruling

Al Jazeera  

The Department of Homeland Security says the Migrant Protection Protocols programme will be unwound ‘quickly’. The United States says it has ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings on their immigration status following a Supreme Court ruling in favour of President Joe Biden’s bid to scrap the initiative. The Migrant Protection Protocols programme, informally …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

U.S. Moves To Cut Backlog Of Asylum Cases At US-Mexico Border
3 years, 4 months ago

U.S. Moves To Cut Backlog Of Asylum Cases At US-Mexico Border

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed changing how asylum claims are handled, aiming to reduce a huge backlog of cases from the U.S.-Mexico border that has left people waiting years to find out whether they will be allowed to stay in America. Under the proposal, routine asylum cases no longer would automatically be referred to …

US moves to cut backlog of asylum cases at US-Mexico border
3 years, 4 months ago

US moves to cut backlog of asylum cases at US-Mexico border

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed changing how asylum claims are handled, aiming to reduce a huge backlog of cases from the U.S.-Mexico border that has left people waiting years to find out whether they will be allowed to stay in America. Under the proposal, routine asylum cases no longer would automatically be referred to the overwhelmed immigration …

U.S. formally ends policy for asylum seekers to wait in Mexico
3 years, 7 months ago

U.S. formally ends policy for asylum seekers to wait in Mexico

LA Times  

The Biden administration on Tuesday formally ended a Trump-era immigration policy that forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. A seven-page memo by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas marked the end of the Migrant Protection Protocols, which returned about 70,000 asylum seekers to Mexico from January 2019 until it was halted on President …

Many wait uneasily as Biden unwinds key Trump asylum policy
3 years, 7 months ago

Many wait uneasily as Biden unwinds key Trump asylum policy

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — In March of 2020, Estela Lazo appeared before Immigration Judge Lee O’Connor with her two children, her muscles tensed and a lump in her throat. “We will continue to sort of build out eligibility based on vulnerability.” In San Diego more than 5,600 cases were dismissed, many by only two judges -- Scott Simpson, a former attorney …

Editorial: How to restore humanity to the asylum process Trump imploded
3 years, 10 months ago

Editorial: How to restore humanity to the asylum process Trump imploded

LA Times  

The Biden administration on Friday will begin allowing asylum seekers who have been living in limbo along the U.S.-Mexico border to enter the U.S. to await processing of their applications, a welcome redress of a cruelty inflicted by the Trump administration on up to 70,000 people seeking sanctuary. Under the new policy, up to 25,000 migrants in President Trump’s “Remain …

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 …

The Trump administration is openly defying a court order to stop deporting migrant children
4 years ago

The Trump administration is openly defying a court order to stop deporting migrant children

Salon  

Justice Department lawyers admitted on Saturday that the Trump administration is openly defying a court order issued by a federal judge who has frequently tangled with the DOJ since President Donald Trump took office. Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered border officials last month to stop deporting unaccompanied migrant children without a court hearing or a chance to seek asylum in the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Supreme Court Permits U.S. Government To Curtail Asylum Requests
5 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Permits U.S. Government To Curtail Asylum Requests

NPR  

Supreme Court Permits U.S. Government To Curtail Asylum Requests RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Trump administration is dramatically rewriting the rules around who can get asylum in the United States. And it should, if implemented, and as the Supreme Court's stay of the injunction holds, by which I mean we ultimately win the case, which we expect to do, then this …

Newsletter: A victory for Trump’s asylum ban
5 years, 3 months ago

Newsletter: A victory for Trump’s asylum ban

LA Times  

The justices’ order on asylum seekers further indicates that President Trump is changing the way the Supreme Court functions. TOP STORIES A Victory for Trump’s Asylum Ban The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Trump and his administration to enforce a ban on nearly all asylum seekers arriving at the southern border. — The president claimed the U.S. …

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 …

Supreme Court rules for Trump on asylum ban at southern border
5 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court rules for Trump on asylum ban at southern border

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for President Trump and his administration to enforce a ban on nearly all asylum seekers arriving at the southern border. The president praised the decision, tweeting Wednesday night, “BIG United States Supreme Court WIN for the Border on Asylum!” Wednesday’s order is further evidence that Trump is changing how the Supreme Court …

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 …

As Trump expands deportation powers, immigrants prepare
5 years, 5 months ago

As Trump expands deportation powers, immigrants prepare

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A sweeping expansion of deportation powers unveiled this week by the Trump administration has sent chills through immigrant communities and prompted some lawyers to advise migrants to gather up as much documentation as possible — pay stubs, apartment leases or even gym key tags — to prove they’ve been in the U.S. For years, immigrant rights groups have …

Federal judge blocks Donald Trump administration’s rule barring immigrants from receiving asylum in US
5 years, 5 months ago

Federal judge blocks Donald Trump administration’s rule barring immigrants from receiving asylum in US

Firstpost  

A federal judge in California issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s new rule barring most immigrants from obtaining asylum in the US if they transit through Mexico. Los Angeles: A federal judge in California on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s new rule barring most immigrants from obtaining asylum in the US if they transit …

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's New Asylum Rule
5 years, 5 months ago

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's New Asylum Rule

NPR  

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's New Asylum Rule Enlarge this image toggle caption Marco Ugarte/AP Marco Ugarte/AP Updated 8:05 p.m. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction against the controversial rule unveiled by the White House and applied on a "pilot" basis last week. National Immigrant Advocates Plan To Challenge New Trump Administration Asylum Rule …

Judge Blocks Trump Administration's New Asylum Policy
5 years, 5 months ago

Judge Blocks Trump Administration's New Asylum Policy

NPR  

Judge Blocks Trump Administration's New Asylum Policy A U.S. judge issued a preliminary injunction on the Trump administration's policy requiring most asylum-seekers to ask for protection in another country before reaching the U.S.-Mexico border. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration's latest effort to slow the flow of migrants crossing the southern border. ROMERO: …

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 moves to eliminate nearly all asylum claims at U.S. southern border
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump moves to eliminate nearly all asylum claims at U.S. southern border

LA Times  

President Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, defending his policies on immigration and other issues. “If allowed to stand, it would effectively end asylum at the southern border and could not be more inconsistent with our country’s commitment to protecting those in danger.” The rule would most directly affect Central American families …

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Policy Ordering Indefinite Detention For Asylum-Seekers
5 years, 6 months ago

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Policy Ordering Indefinite Detention For Asylum-Seekers

NPR  

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Policy Ordering Indefinite Detention For Asylum-Seekers Enlarge this image toggle caption U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP Updated at 9:55 a.m. The decision reverses an April directive from Attorney General William Barr ordering immigration judges not to release migrants on …

Appeals court allows Trump’s policy of returning some asylum seekers to Mexico to continue for now
5 years, 8 months ago

Appeals court allows Trump’s policy of returning some asylum seekers to Mexico to continue for now

CNN  

CNN — A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to continue returning some asylum seekers to Mexico for the duration of their immigration hearings, for now. “The plaintiffs fear substantial injury upon return to Mexico, but the likelihood of harm is reduced somewhat by the Mexican government’s commitment to honor its international law obligations and to grant humanitarian …

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