A federal appeals court expressed concerns about a Trump policy that requires migrants to stay in Mexico while their asylum applications are processed
A federal appeals court expressed concerns during a hearing Tuesday about a Trump administration policy that requires Central American migrants to remain in Mexico while their asylum requests are processed.
“You don’t even ask if they have any kind of fear” about remaining in Mexico, Fletcher told a lawyer for the federal government. But ACLU lawyer Judy Rabinovitz countered that migrants, many who do not speak English and aren’t entitled to interpreters, may not understand the importance of volunteering such information. She told the court that refugees are not allowed to consult with a lawyer, even if they have one.to place a hold on the injunction was hardly an endorsement of the policy. It was granted by a motions panel that hears urgent matters and whose members change month to month.
Fletcher, who also was on that month’s motions panel, agreed with the decision against the nationwide injunction, but wrote separately to say the policy violated a 1996 immigration law. in place. Trump acted after caravans of thousands of migrants headed from Central America to the U.S. border.
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