Immigrants rejected for asylum may appeal removal orders, 9th Circuit rules

[Eugene]

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

A federal appeals court decided Thursday that immigrants who cross the border without authorization may go to court to appeal a decision by U.S. immigration authorities to deny them asylum.

The decision, by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, could keep immigrants in the country for years while they challenge the government’s denial of asylum.

The appeals court reached the decision after concluding that a 1996 federal law restricting appeals violated the Constitution.

The case is likely to go to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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By Maura Dolan
MARCH 7, 2019, 3:20 PM | REPORTING FROM SAN FRANCISCO


Read more: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/la-me-ln-asylum-9th-circuit-20190307-story.html

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Related: 18-55313 Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam v. USDHS (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)

[Cold War Spook]

1. I am really surprised or maybe I am not.

Except for the people I find posting here, most people do not understand that once a person is on American soil, The Constitution gives them all the protection that any citizen has. That is why we have immigration courts.

[Igel]

2. The immigration courts are part of the executive branch.

Not judicial.

[Cold War Spook]

3. But if illegal immigrants were not protected by the Constitution,

why would they even have access to the immigration courts? If they did not have protection under the Constitution, couldn't Trump write an EO stating they could not use the immigration courts?