Jeffrey S. Chase, June 29, 2020 "In Thuraissigiam v. Barr,[1] the U.S. Supreme Court by a 7-2 margin recently rejected a ruling by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that the Immigration and Nationality Act's limits on the scope of habeas review...
Associated Press, June 25, 2020 "The Supreme Court on Thursday strengthened the Trump administration’s ability to deport people seeking asylum without allowing them to make their case to a federal judge. The high court’s 7-2 ruling applies to people who...
Lomi Kriel, Houston Chronicle, Sept. 13, 2019 "A U.S. Supreme Court decision this week allowing President Donald Trump's administration to proceed with a near complete ban on asylum across the southern border while the policy is litigated will dramatically...
Amy Howe, Sept. 11, 2019 "The Trump administration won a major (if, at least for now, only temporary) victory on immigration today at the Supreme Court. The justices gave the government the go-ahead to enforce a new rule that would bar most immigrants from...
Miriam Jordan, New York Times, Nov. 20, 2018 - "A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to resume accepting asylum claims from migrants no matter where or how they entered the United States, dealing at least a temporary setback to the president...
Feb. 23, 2021 - Consolidated oral argument in Wilkinson v. Alcaraz-Enriquez and Wilkinson v. Dai I will post a link to the transcript later, but here is a link to the audio . An overview is here , and the case pages are here and here .
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020 CERTIORARI GRANTED 19-1155 ) BARR, ATT'Y GEN. V. DAI, MING 19-1156 ) BARR, ATT'Y GEN. V. ALCARAZ-ENRIQUEZ, CESAR The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted...
Penn State Law, Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic, Sept. 19, 2019 Third Country Asylum Rule: What You Need To Know
Prof. Peter Margulies, Sept. 12, 2019 "On Sept. 11, the Supreme Court stayed a preliminary injunction imposed by Judge Jon Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the third country asylum rule recently issued by...
Barr v. East Bay Sanctuary Covenant "The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted. The district court’s July 24, 2019 order granting a preliminary injunction and September 9, 2019 order restoring the nationwide...