Immigration,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Apr. 25, 2019
9th Circuit panel questions government lawyer on asylum injunction
A government attorney argued Wednesday in a federal appeals court hearing that immigration officers have the discretion to determine which migrants seeking asylum have to return to Mexico as they await court hearings in the United States.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Immigration officers have the discretion to determine which asylum seekers must return to Mexico as they await court hearings in the United State, a government attorney argued Wednesday to a federal appeals court panel.
One judge asked how the protocol is not "arbitrary and capricious," but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel gave little hint about the fate of a federal judge's order to temporarily halt the...
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