Big legal news to report tonight at the 9th Circuit rule in President Donald Trump’s favor and stayed a lower court’s ruling that would have barred the administration from sending asylum seeker back to Mexico to await their court hearings:
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday to uphold the Trump administration's policy to make asylum seekers wait for their court hearings in Mexico, rather than stay in the U.S.https://t.co/lkJUXnp5wv
— Axios (@axios) April 13, 2019
WTF, we love the 9th Circuit now:
The court @realDonaldTrump loves to hate, the 9th Circuit in SF, handed him at least a temporary victory today. It stayed a district judge’s order that blocked him from making asylum-seekers go back to Mexico instead of coming in to the US while their cases proceed.
— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) April 13, 2019
There’s a tweet for everything, cont.:
This tweet is kind of hilarious now, considering the 9th circuit has (temporarily) ruled in his favor. https://t.co/q9jyueLl09
— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) April 13, 2019
This really is a big deal:
This is huge. If the 9th Circuit agrees with @realDonaldTrump it’s bullet proof, he wins https://t.co/bDix7rDP2V
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) April 13, 2019
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And it’s being called a “major win for Trump”:
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9th Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily STAYED a federal court injunction of the Trump administration’s policy to keep migrants in Mexico as they wait for their asylum claims to be processed.
Major win for Trump (for now) pic.twitter.com/5I31jYjZUS
— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) April 13, 2019
Vox’s Dara Lind even gave the ruling 3 exclamation points:
!!! The "Remain in Mexico" plan remains alive, for now, as the 9th Circuit puts a hold on the injunction due to go into effect tonight. h/t @MaxRivlinNadler
— Dara Lind (@DLind) April 12, 2019
Good news, for now at least.
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