No. of Recommendations: 3
So your header urging Biden to raise asylum restrictions seems to ignore this. So are you practicing your ignore-ance?
Biden administration urges US court to uphold asylum restrictions
By Daniel Wiessner
November 7, 20237:59 PM EST
Nov 7 (Reuters) - A lawyer for the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday told an appeals court that a judge was wrong to block a rule imposing new restrictions on asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, heard the government's appeal of a decision that said the rule adopted earlier this year violates federal immigration law, which explicitly states that crossing the border illegally should not be a bar to asylum.
he challenge to the rule was brought by immigrant advocacy groups represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Biden, a Democrat, took office in 2021 pledging to reverse many of the hardline policies of Republican former President Donald Trump, but has adopted many strict border measures as record numbers of migrants have been caught crossing illegally.
The regulation presumes most migrants are not eligible to apply for asylum if they passed through other nations without seeking protection there first, or if they crossed the border illegally instead of arriving at a designated port of entry.
