An appeals court has ruled the U.S. government practice of metering asylum seekers at the border is illegal.
The San Diego-based border aid group Al Otro Lado and other groups first filed suit almost a decade ago. It was on behalf of a group of asylum seekers subject to a practice that had U.S. border officers turning migrants away after a daily cap on asylum applications was met.
The rights groups argued the policy violates asylum seekers’ due process and a portion of U.S. immigration law that guarantees the right to seek asylum on U.S. soil.
In a 2-1 ruling this week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said border officers are legally required to process asylum seekers when they arrive at a port of entry, and said the metering practice went against that.
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Former Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake said she has a new job as the director of the federal Voice of America broadcasting network. There’s more to the hiring process. -
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A new rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security will allow immigrants with expired work permits to continue working as they await renewals. -
A hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning looked at how mass deportations promised by the incoming Trump administration would impact families, the military and the labor market. -
Threats of mass deportations have dominated the runup to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration so far. But this weekend, Trump told "Meet the Press" he wanted to help DACA recipients stay in the U.S.
