Administration plans to contest ‘Remain in Mexico’ court ruling – Roll Call

The Biden administration plans to challenge a federal judge s ruling that the government reinstate a controversial Trump administration program that required asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for decisions in their U.S. immigration cases.

The government filed notice Monday that it would appeal the ruling to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, the appeals court that covers Texas, where the federal judge ruled against the administration on Friday. The judge paused the effect of his ruling for seven days to give the federal government a chance to appeal.

In an opinion in a case brought by Texas and Missouri, U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas found that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas hadn’t offered sufficient rationale to end the so-called Remain in Mexico program in violation of administrative law.

via www.rollcall.com