{"id":2661,"date":"2022-12-28T10:53:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T10:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=2661"},"modified":"2022-12-28T10:53:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T10:53:43","slug":"u-s-supreme-court-upholds-asylum-limits-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/politics\/u-s-supreme-court-upholds-asylum-limits-for-now\/2022\/12\/28\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Supreme Court upholds asylum limits for now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n<\/span>WASHINGTON<\/span> (AP)<\/span> December,28–<\/span> The<\/span> Supreme<\/span> Court<\/span> has<\/span> upheld<\/span> pandemic-era<\/span> asylum<\/span> restrictions<\/span> for<\/span> now,<\/span> dashing<\/span> the<\/span> hopes<\/span> of<\/span> migrants<\/span> fleeing<\/span> violence<\/span> and<\/span> inequality<\/span> in<\/span> Latin<\/span> America<\/span> and<\/span> elsewhere<\/span> to<\/span> reach<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Tuesday’s<\/span> ruling<\/span> upholds<\/span> a<\/span> key<\/span> Trump-era<\/span> policy<\/span> that<\/span> a<\/span> judge<\/span> ordered<\/span> to<\/span> expire<\/span> on<\/span> Dec.<\/span> 21.<\/span> The<\/span> case<\/span> was<\/span> heard<\/span> in<\/span> February,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> injunction<\/span> issued<\/span> last<\/span> week<\/span> by<\/span> Supreme<\/span> Court<\/span> Chief<\/span> Justice<\/span> John<\/span> Roberts<\/span> remains<\/span> in<\/span> effect<\/span> pending<\/span> a<\/span> judge’s<\/span> decision.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> restrictions,<\/span> often<\/span> dubbed<\/span> Title<\/span> 42<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> Public<\/span> Health<\/span> Act<\/span> of<\/span> 1944,<\/span> were<\/span> introduced<\/span> early<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> pandemic<\/span> under<\/span> then-President<\/span> Donald<\/span> Trump,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> resolution<\/span> has<\/span> had<\/span> an<\/span> uphill<\/span> road<\/span> in<\/span> court.<\/span> .<\/span> The<\/span> U.S.<\/span> Centers<\/span> for<\/span> Disease<\/span> Control<\/span> and<\/span> Prevention<\/span> sought<\/span> to<\/span> end<\/span> the<\/span> policy<\/span> in<\/span> April<\/span> 2022,<\/span> but<\/span> a<\/span> federal<\/span> judge<\/span> in<\/span> Louisiana<\/span> backed<\/span> 19<\/span> Republican-run<\/span> states<\/span> in<\/span> May,<\/span> ordering<\/span> the<\/span> policy<\/span> to<\/span> remain<\/span> in<\/span> place.<\/span> Another<\/span> federal<\/span> judge<\/span> in<\/span> Washington<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> November<\/span> that<\/span> Title<\/span> 42<\/span> had<\/span> ended<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> dispute<\/span> had<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> sent<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Supreme<\/span> Court.<\/span> Authorities<\/span> have<\/span> deported<\/span> her<\/span> 2.5<\/span> million<\/span> asylum<\/span> seekers<\/span> across<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> effort<\/span> to<\/span> stem<\/span> the<\/span> spread<\/span> of<\/span> COVID-19.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Andrea<\/span> Rudnik,<\/span> co-founder<\/span> of<\/span> Team<\/span> Brownsville,<\/span> a<\/span> nonprofit<\/span> immigrant<\/span> relief<\/span> organization<\/span> in<\/span> South<\/span> Texas,<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> situation<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> border<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> humanitarian<\/span> crisis.<\/span> She<\/span> said<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> migrants<\/span> were<\/span> camped<\/span> in<\/span> boxes<\/span> and<\/span> makeshift<\/span> tents<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> entrance<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Gateway<\/span> International<\/span> Bridge<\/span> in<\/span> Matamoros,<\/span> Mexico,<\/span> across<\/span> from<\/span> Brownsville,<\/span> without<\/span> food,<\/span> water,<\/span> clothing<\/span> or<\/span> toilets.<\/span> said.<\/span> \u201cWithout<\/span> toilets,<\/span> it<\/span> quickly<\/span> becomes<\/span> a<\/span> dangerous<\/span> situation,\u201d<\/span> Rudnik<\/span> said.<\/span> “If<\/span> you<\/span> get<\/span> a<\/span> bunch<\/span> of<\/span> people<\/span> without<\/span> bathrooms<\/span> together,<\/span> you’ll<\/span> know<\/span> what<\/span> you<\/span> have.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>States<\/span> wishing<\/span> to<\/span> keep<\/span> Title<\/span> 42<\/span> welcomed<\/span> the<\/span> result.<\/span> In<\/span> a<\/span> press<\/span> release<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday,<\/span> Iowa<\/span> Gov.<\/span> Kim<\/span> Reynolds<\/span> praised<\/span> the<\/span> court’s<\/span> decision<\/span> but<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> not<\/span> a<\/span> permanent<\/span> solution<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> country’s<\/span> immigration<\/span> problem.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cWe<\/span> are<\/span> grateful<\/span> that<\/span> Title<\/span> 42<\/span> remains<\/span> in<\/span> effect<\/span> to<\/span> prevent<\/span> illegal<\/span> entry<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.<\/span> Southern<\/span> border.<\/span> But<\/span> make<\/span> no<\/span> mistake,<\/span> this<\/span> is<\/span> just<\/span> a<\/span> temporary<\/span> solution<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> crisis<\/span> that<\/span> President<\/span> Biden<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> administration<\/span> ignored<\/span> for<\/span> two<\/span> years.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Supreme<\/span> Court’s<\/span> ruling<\/span> says<\/span> the<\/span> court<\/span> will<\/span> consider<\/span> whether<\/span> the<\/span> state<\/span> has<\/span> the<\/span> right<\/span> to<\/span> intervene<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> Title<\/span> 42<\/span> lawsuit.<\/span> Both<\/span> the<\/span> federal<\/span> government<\/span> and<\/span> immigration<\/span> advocates<\/span> argue<\/span> that<\/span> states<\/span> waited<\/span> too<\/span> long<\/span> to<\/span> intervene,<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> even<\/span> if<\/span> they<\/span> hadn’t<\/span> waited<\/span> that<\/span> long,<\/span> they<\/span> were<\/span> unreliable<\/span> to<\/span> intervene.<\/span> .<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>In<\/span> a<\/span> dissenting<\/span> opinion,<\/span> Justices<\/span> Neil<\/span> Gorsuch<\/span> and<\/span> Ketanji<\/span> Brown<\/span> Jackson<\/span> argued<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> court<\/span> held<\/span> that<\/span> states<\/span> had<\/span> the<\/span> right<\/span> to<\/span> intervene<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> even<\/span> if<\/span> Title<\/span> 42<\/span> was<\/span> legally<\/span> adopted,<\/span> “…these<\/span> The<\/span> emergency<\/span> on<\/span> which<\/span> the<\/span> order<\/span> was<\/span> based<\/span> has<\/span> long<\/span> since<\/span> passed.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“The<\/span> current<\/span> border<\/span> crisis<\/span> is<\/span> not<\/span> a<\/span> COVID<\/span> crisis,”<\/span> the<\/span> judge<\/span> said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>“Nor<\/span> should<\/span> courts<\/span> be<\/span> concerned<\/span> with<\/span> upholding<\/span> emergency-only<\/span> executive<\/span> orders<\/span> because<\/span> elected<\/span> officials<\/span> failed<\/span> to<\/span> address<\/span> another<\/span> emergency.<\/span> We<\/span> are<\/span> a<\/span> court,<\/span> not<\/span> policy<\/span> makers<\/span> of<\/span> last<\/span> resort,”<\/span> the<\/span> judge<\/span> wrote.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> November,<\/span> a<\/span> federal<\/span> judge<\/span> sided<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> attorneys<\/span> and<\/span> set<\/span> a<\/span> December<\/span> 21st<\/span> deadline<\/span> to<\/span> end<\/span> the<\/span> policy.<\/span> Conservative<\/span> states<\/span> have<\/span> appealed<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Supreme<\/span> Court,<\/span> warning<\/span> that<\/span> increased<\/span> immigration<\/span> will<\/span> strain<\/span> public<\/span> services<\/span> and<\/span> cause<\/span> an<\/span> “unprecedented<\/span> disaster”<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> federal<\/span> government<\/span> said<\/span> could<\/span> not<\/span> be<\/span> dealt<\/span> with.<\/span><\/div>\n
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