President’s Trump’s remain in Mexico policy rather makes sense: you want asylum? OK, we’ll process an application, but, you don’t have access to the whole of the lower 48 while applying. This has made Open Borders advocates upset
Court temporarily blocks Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, then suspends its own order
An federal appeals court has temporarily halted a major Trump administration policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts.
A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Friday in a 2-1 vote to put on hold the policy that furthered President Donald Trump’s asylum crackdown.
The “Remain in Mexico†policy – known officially as “Migrant Protection Protocols†– took effect in January 2019 in San Diego and has spread across the border. Nearly 60,000 people have been sent back since the policy began.
The question before the judges was whether to let the policy take effect during legal challenges.
But, see, this wasn’t the only 9th Circuit ruling
Friday’s earlier decision, made after extensive written arguments and a hearing, found the Remain in Mexico program violated U.S. immigration law and a United Nations refugee convention, which bar the government from returning someone to a place where they would be persecuted.
So, they’re going by UN rules now? Further, I’m not sure what they’re seeing in federal immigration law, but, we don’t have to let people in willy nilly. However, the court did say that this only affects 4 southwestern states, not as a nationwide injunction.
A spokesperson for the Department of Justice said the decision highlighted “the consequences and impropriety of nationwide injunctions.â€
“The Trump administration has acted faithfully to implement a statutory authority provided by Congress over two decades ago and signed into law by President Clinton,†the spokesperson said. “The 9th Circuit’s decision not only ignores the constitutional authority of Congress and the administration for a policy in effect for over a year, but also extends relief beyond the parties before the court.â€
Open borders advocates will do anything to make the border porous. At the same time, they also had another ruling
(Breitbart) The same panel also declared that border agents must process claims for asylum made by migrants who are caught trying to sneak over the border fence far from the formal Ports of Entry.
That’s silly. Immigration law states that anyone caught attempting to enter the country/entered the country anywhere other than a designated port of entry is an illegal alien, and can be deported.
The two decisions — if accepted by a large panel of judges and by the Supreme Court — punch a nationwide hole through the border rules. The decisions will help the cartels, coyotes, and worldwide migrants to again cooperatively overwhelm U.S. border defenses and courtroom process and rush millions of migrants into U.S. job markets, housing markets, and K-12 schools.
Perfect timing, right as Coronavirus is raging, and even the NY Times says that quarantines and restrictive measures are the best idea. Shutting down the border is a good idea.
