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March 12, 2020

Supreme Court Allows Trump's "Remain in Mexico" Policy to Stay in Place
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The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will allow the Trump administration
to continue to force asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while they await
their day in a U.S. court. Only one justice - Sonia Sotomayor -
registered a dissent, as the Supreme Court ordered a stay on a 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the policy likely violates U.S.
law. Some 60,000 asylum seekers have been forced to wait in Mexico in
dangerous and often squalid conditions while their claims make their way
through U.S. courts, which can take months or even years.


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