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STORY: The the Supreme Court decided it would allow the federal government to fully enforce a new policy banning asylum for those who cross through Mexico before reaching the southern border while a legal challenge to the rule moves forward in the courts. buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
The Supreme Court's order represents a major victory for the Trump administration, which has seen a number of its expansive policies restricting immigration and asylum blocked in the courts.
The decision by SCOTUS is just the latest in a long line of back and forth rulings on the matter. Asylum officers with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services received a fifth guidance memo on Wednesday.
They were expected to get a sixth following the SCOTUS ruling.
They were expected to get a sixth following the SCOTUS ruling.
Sotomayor wrote that the rule, which took effect without public comment and on the day it was issued, “topples decades of settled asylum practices and affects some of the most vulnerable people in the Western Hemisphere—without affording the public a chance to weigh in.”
Some asylum officers were discouraged at the Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday. In recent weeks, some asylum officers have been distressed implementing the policy, crying after being forced to implement it, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
“This is dispiriting news after Monday’s injunction We’re in the midst of a refugee crisis on the southern border and the administration’s response are policies of exclusion enacted through this kind of bureaucratic violence,” said one asylum officer.
Another asylum officer said they were “crushed” upon hearing word of the ruling.
The officers spoke on the condition of anonymity.
"In the months this will take to resolve, thousands of claimants will be denied even a chance at asylum,” the officer said.
The officers spoke on the condition of anonymity.
"In the months this will take to resolve, thousands of claimants will be denied even a chance at asylum,” the officer said.
In the near future, the 9th Circuit will rule on two major Trump immigration policies.
First, on Oct. 1 it will hold a hearing over a policy that forces asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico.
Second, it will hear the appeals in this case. We don't know when that hearing will be.
First, on Oct. 1 it will hold a hearing over a policy that forces asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico.
Second, it will hear the appeals in this case. We don't know when that hearing will be.
