Posted on Apr 27, 2022
Supreme Court's conservatives divided over 'Remain in Mexico' policy
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At the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, the conservative justices seemed unusually torn as to whether the Biden administration must continue to enforce the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" program. The policy requires asylum seekers, mainly from Central and South America, to either be detained in the U.S. or stay in Mexico while they wait for months or years for hearings.
Oral arguments are not always conclusive, and sometimes the justices wallop the lawyers on one side, and then turn around and deliver equally brutal blows to the other side. That's what several key conservative justices did on Tuesday, as they considered whether the Biden administration can revoke the Trump-era policy.
At the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, the conservative justices seemed unusually torn as to whether the Biden administration must continue to enforce the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" program. The policy requires asylum seekers, mainly from Central and South America, to either be detained in the U.S. or stay in Mexico while they wait for months or years for hearings.
Oral arguments are not always conclusive, and sometimes the justices wallop the lawyers on one side, and then turn around and deliver equally brutal blows to the other side. That's what several key conservative justices did on Tuesday, as they considered whether the Biden administration can revoke the Trump-era policy.
Supreme Court's conservatives divided over 'Remain in Mexico' policy
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Chief Justice Roberts seemed to agree: "I think its a bit much for Texas to substitute itself for the Secretary [of Homeland Security] and say that you may want to terminate it but you have to keep it because it will reduce to a slight extent your violations of the law."
Picking up on the chief's thread, Justice Elena Kagan wondered how it is that a federal court can tell the executive branch how to implement its foreign and immigration policy. Were the state of Texas to prevail, she said, it would "put the United States essentially at the mercy of Mexico," giving a foreign country "all the leverage" it would need to make a long list of demands that would have to be met by the United States.
And Justice Amy Coney Barrett pointed to the federal government's interest in prioritizing detention for the most dangerous migrants seeking to enter the U.S. "If [the Biden administration] is right about that, you lose, am I right?" she asked.
We'll see what the answer to that is when the court decides the case, probably in late June."
..."Chief Justice Roberts seemed to agree: "I think its a bit much for Texas to substitute itself for the Secretary [of Homeland Security] and say that you may want to terminate it but you have to keep it because it will reduce to a slight extent your violations of the law."
Picking up on the chief's thread, Justice Elena Kagan wondered how it is that a federal court can tell the executive branch how to implement its foreign and immigration policy. Were the state of Texas to prevail, she said, it would "put the United States essentially at the mercy of Mexico," giving a foreign country "all the leverage" it would need to make a long list of demands that would have to be met by the United States.
And Justice Amy Coney Barrett pointed to the federal government's interest in prioritizing detention for the most dangerous migrants seeking to enter the U.S. "If [the Biden administration] is right about that, you lose, am I right?" she asked.
We'll see what the answer to that is when the court decides the case, probably in late June."
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