Federal judge orders Biden administration to revive Trump-era border policy

[orangecrush]

(CNN)A federal judge in Texas has ordered the Biden administration to revive a Trump-era border policy that required migrants to stay in Mexico until their US immigration court date.

Shortly after President Joe Biden took office, he ended the policy known as "remain in Mexico" that resulted in thousands of non-Mexican migrants having to wait in Mexico until their immigration hearings, often in dangerous conditions.

In April, the state of Texas and the state of Missouri sued the Biden administration, arguing that reversing the policy led to a surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border that inflicted costs on the states.

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A couple months later, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas formally ended the policy in a June memo, and the administration later worked to admit those migrants who had been subject to it.

But late Friday, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, blocked the administration from implementing that memo, though he stayed his order for seven days "to allow the federal government time to seek emergency relief at the appellate level."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/14/politics/biden-remain-in-mexico-border-policy/index.html


O.K., are we finished playing patty - cake with these fuckers yet?

[hlthe2b]

1. Meh. Appeal. Immediately and don't let single Trump appointees factor in.

[andym]

2. Poor legal reasoning by the judge: will be overturned

Just look at this judge's weak legal reasoning:

"Specifically, the judge said that Mayorkas "failed to consider several of the main benefits of" the policy known as the Migrant Protection Protocols in his June memo, nor did he discuss the rise in border crossings.
Kacsmaryk also concluded that one of the key reasons the memo did provide for ending the policy was arbitrary, in violation of the APA, which prohibits agencies from taking "arbitrary" and "capricious" actions."
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No way this decision should be upheld

[onenote]

8. Do you have a link to the opinion?

It's 53 pages long. I wouldn't base a conclusion about the legal reasoning behind a decision on an excerpt from a news article.

[Tomconroy]

3. The Trumpets always sue in federal court in Texas

And they always win.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. That is not a judicial decision but a political decision

[Mr.Bill]

5. Do what they would do.

Ignore the judge. What's he going to do? Arrest the President?

[orangecrush]

6. Got that right.

[Mr.Bill]

7. Admittedly, probably not very practical,

but I'm feeling a little cocky today. I'll probably get worse, especially this evening when I start drinking.

[orangecrush]

9. Salute!

[C_U_L8R]

10. Trump appointee

That the kiss of death on any resumé