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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday torched a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that temporarily blocked President Trump's policy outlawing asylum claims for some immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
In a statement obtained by Reuters, the Trump administration called the ruling from Judge Jon Tigar "absurd" and added that the Trump administration would continue to crack down on what it calls "benefits" for "illegal aliens."
We look forward to continuing to defend the Executive Branchs legitimate and well-reasoned exercise of its authority to address the crisis at our southern border, the Justice Department told Reuters.
Civil rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) should not have the ability to stop the entire federal government from acting so that illegal aliens can receive a government benefit to which they are not entitled," the DOJ added in its statement.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/417688-doj-criticizes-absurd-court-ruling-blocking-trumps-asylum-order
Sounds like we have yes men at the DOJ as opposed to attorneys well versed in the law.
elleng
(130,694 posts)Matthew Whitaker
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)struggle4progress
(118,203 posts)(1) In general. - Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien's status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 235(b) ...
https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-1687.html
TomSlick
(11,083 posts)In this case, the Judge's ruling seems to be required under the law.