Judge strikes down bulk of Trump asylum policy
Source: The Hill
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down most of the policies former Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued that made it almost impossible for victims of domestic and gang violence to seek asylum.
Judge Emmet Sullivan, on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said the policies, which created a stricter test to satisfy the credible fear standard for the asylum claims, was unlawful.
He also ordered the government to return to the United States the plaintiffs who were unlawfully deported under the policy.
Sullivan is the same judge who on Tuesday admonished Michael Flynn for committing a serious offense by lying to the FBI about his discussions with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak while serving in a high-level role at the White House. Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser, later Tuesday asked for his sentencing to be postponed until his cooperation with federal prosecutors is complete.
--This breaking news report was updated at 12:17 p.m.
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/422078-judge-strikes-down-bulk-of-trump-administration-policy-cutting-off
Note the Judge, it's Judge Emmet Sullivan, Flynn's judge!
Here's another article from buzzfeed, which I wasn't sure was accepted in LBN.
US District Judge Emmet Sullivan struck down those parts of the June decision from Sessions that Sullivan found violated federal law and ordered the federal government to return those people to the US who had been deported as a result of the Sessions' decision.
"A general rule that effectively bars [asylum] claims based on certain categories of persecutors (i.e. domestic abusers or gang members) or claims related to certain kinds of violence is inconsistent with Congress' intent to bring 'United States refugee law into conformance with the [United Nations Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees]," Sullivan wrote. "The new general rule is thus contrary to the Refugee Act and the [Immigration and Nationality Act]."
The judge went on to find that that purpose of Sessions' policy, to heighten the standards for consideration of asylum claims at the initial, "credible fear" stage was "fundamentally inconsistent" with the standards set by Congress.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/sessions-domestic-gang-violence-asylum-decision-illegal-judg
elleng
(130,156 posts)who were unlawfully deported under the policy.'
Stellar
(5,644 posts)When he found out that the gangs were after her and her child. I believe that's the same case I just heard about.
George II
(67,782 posts)ToxMarz
(2,154 posts)in 3..2..1
I'm surprised the alt media's haven't started highlighting his skin melanin
pazzyanne
(6,519 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)of the U.S. District Court in DC.
I'm liking Judge Sullivan too, but Judge Howell is less quirky than he and definitely a heroine of this era. She's the judge immediately overseeing the Mueller investigation. Last August she affirmed its constitutionality and also closed a major dark-money loophole. (These guys are busy these days!) She was the judge who ruled against the challenge to Mueller's "secret subpoena," which was upheld this week at the appellate level. The Kochs know who she is, and I'm sure Putin's people also.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)riversedge
(69,731 posts)Gothmog
(144,005 posts)This is a great ruling
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)... maybe when Gorsuch and Kavanaught get impeached?
Polybius
(15,239 posts)Even Kavanaugh's chances of getting impeached are slim.
Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)Polybius
(15,239 posts)Even if he's impeached and removed, his judges and Justices will still be in place, as will any laws that he signed.
orangecrush
(19,237 posts)For democrats!
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I can't wait for his next move.
How long before Trump tweets he'll sue him?
mcar
(42,210 posts)This is delicious!
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)That's two blows in two days against Trump. This is very interesting, and may be predictive of other rulings from the DC court.
Trump's up against it, I think, on several levels. It's not going to be a Merry Christmas for the current occupant of the White House, I think.
Cha
(295,929 posts)been busy doing good things!
Mahalo, herding!