Supreme Court Rejects Request To Restore The Trump Administration’s Asylum Restrictions

This just in. The Supreme Court has rejected a request to move forward with the Trump administration’s asylum restrictions. It basically prevented people who enter the country ILLEGALLY from seeking asylum.

BREAKING: Supreme Court refuses to restore Trump administration restrictions on asylum for people who cross the border illegally pic.twitter.com/Nm5ODWHuKO

— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) December 21, 2018

BREAKING: The Supreme Court won't let the Trump administration enforce a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. https://t.co/hMJ1GGYdGc

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 21, 2018

In 5-4 vote, #SCOTUS refuses to allow asylum ban to go into effect while litigation plays out pic.twitter.com/k67hiXiemf

— Kimberly Robinson (@KimberlyRobinsn) December 21, 2018

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar placed a temporary hold on the Trump administration’s new rules to cut off asylum for migrants who enter the country illegally on Nov. 19. The Justice Department took the unusual step of jumping straight to the Supreme Court to reinstate the ban, but the justice turned down that request by a 5-4 vote.

That means the asylum ban will remain on hold as the case proceeds through lower courts.

In other words, this isn’t over.

In case you’re wondering, Chief Justice John Roberts is the lame-o who joined the liberal Justices in rejecting the request.

The ruling follows a new policy issued by the Trump administration on Thursday that will require all asylum-seekers who cross the southwest border to return to Mexico while their application is being decided in the U.S. Immigration advocates have vowed to fight that policy in federal court, which would add another level of court battles to the administration’s attempts to limit asylum in the U.S.

Friday’s ruling from the Supreme Court dealt only with the administration’s ban on migrants who cross the border illegally.

To be continued.

h/t USA Today