U.S. Supreme Court,
Immigration,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sep. 13, 2019
Order is one step closer to eviscerating our asylum system
Over the last two years, the Trump administration has sought to rewrite longstanding laws and close our doors to asylum seekers. Wednesday evening, in a rare move, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the policy to go into effect while the lower courts consider its legality.
Blaine M. Bookey
Center for Gender & Refugee StudiesPhone: (415) 565-4877
Email: bookeybl@uchastings.edu
Blaine is co-legal director at the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies.
Over the last two years, the Trump administration has sought to rewrite longstanding laws and close our doors to asylum seekers. The courts have by-in-large put a stop to these flagrantly unlawful policies the administration has hastily put in place without a required period for public comment. But as soon as one policy is struck down, another seems to take its place. Its latest attempt to thwart the will of Congress and do away with the U.S. asylum system by decree m...
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