A federal appeals court appeared skeptical of the legality of a new Trump administration policy that requires some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while the U.S. considers their applications.
President Trump appears at a roundtable on immigration and border security earlier in April in Calexico. new Trump administration policyDuring an hour-long hearing, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals wrestled with technicalities in an immigration law, parsing the wording section by section and grilling both sides on what the words meant.The 9th Circuit panel put the lower court’s injunction on hold until it had more time to consider the case.
Watford also asked how the court should frame a decision if it supported only some of the legal reasoning behind the injunction. The panel’s decision to put a hold on the injunction pending written arguments marked a rare victory for Trump in the 9th Circuit.Administration officials have argued the new policy was needed because many asylum seekers disappear into U.S. society and fail to show up for their immigration hearings. The vast majority of asylum requests are denied.U.S.
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