'The decision is one small step towards unraveling this racist, harmful policy, and we will continue our fight for justice until individuals seeking safety are welcomed with dignity.'
from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The judges found that the U.S. government cannot expel immigrants"to countries where their 'life or freedom would be threatened' on account of their 'race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion' or where they will likely face torture." In other words,"today's decision did not strike down Title 42, but it creates legal and procedural safeguards to protect immigrants," said Lawyers for Civil Rights executive director Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal.
Calling the development"an enormous victory," Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, pointed out that"we have argued from the beginning that the Title 42 policy is illegal and inhumane, and every court to address the issue has agreed." Tami Goodlette, director of litigation at RAICES, declared that the decision"is a win for immigrants and confirms what we have been fighting for: that the expulsion of immigrants under Title 42 is inhumane, immoral, and illegal and it must end."
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