Court: US can reject asylum along parts of Mexico border
Source: AP
HOUSTON (AP) A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the U.S. government to forbid Central American immigrants from seeking asylum at the two busiest stretches of the southern border in a partial legal victory for the Trump administration.
The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows President Donald Trump to enforce the policy in New Mexico and Texas, rejecting asylum seekers who cross from Mexico into either state. Under Friday's ruling, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar's July 24 order stopping the policy would apply only in California and Arizona, which are covered by the 9th Circuit.
The two busiest areas for unauthorized border crossings are in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley and the region around El Paso, Texas, which includes New Mexico. Nearly 50,000 people in July crossed the U.S. border without permission in those two regions, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
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If the policy is implemented, ineligible migrants who cross in New Mexico and Texas could be detained and more quickly deported. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
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sinkingfeeling
(51,466 posts)yaesu
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I'm reading it as Tigar's (earlier) order still protects rights to request asylum in CA and AZ.
But I may be misunderstanding ...
Polybius
(15,461 posts)I'll self-delete.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)Is it due to the two judges being appointed by tRump and Bush?
It's the question I had. I think "reporter error" is the cause of the confusion, but who knows?
machoneman
(4,007 posts)Just a guess........
malthaussen
(17,209 posts)It says so right in the OP.
-- Mal
former9thward
(32,040 posts)The 9th circuit covers many of the western states -- not just two. The original judge tried to make his order nationwide. The appeals court said this was an error. The order will just apply to the western states which are part of the 9th circuit.