Posted on October 30, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
On Monday, the Supreme Court said it would review cases concerning the Trump administration’s use of Defense Department money to build the border wall and its policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases work through the immigration court system in the U.S., also known as the Remain in Mexico policy. The justices did not expedite either case, meaning that they will be heard next year, with rulings expected mid-2021. This decision came after the justices said last Friday they would rule on the Trump administration’s effort to exclude immigrants in the country illegally from the census.
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Posted on December 17, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
A Salvadoran father of two had been living in Tijuana with his family for 4 months under the Remain in Mexico program. The family had presented at the U.S. border, thinking that since they did not cross illegally they would be safe. Instead, the Salvadoran man was kidnapped and murdered while in Mexico. The man’s widow described their encounter with CBP: “We said Tijuana was really dangerous, there was a lot of crime but they didn’t listen to us. They said that they couldn’t do anything because those were Trump’s orders
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Posted on July 8, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Two amicus briefs were filed yesterday in Innovation Law Lab v. McAleenan, a case challenging the administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPPs), commonly known as the Remain in Mexico policy. Local 1924 of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents over 2,500 bargaining unit employees of USCIS, submitted an amicus brief arguing that the MPPs don’t streamline processes, but rather make the system less efficient. In a separate amicus brief, former immigration, national security, foreign policy, and other public officials stated that “the government’s purported justifications for the MPP[s] do not pass muster.”
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