CONFUSION ON THE BORDER: Court Halts President Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Rule Then Reverses Itself

Confusion ricocheted across the border Friday as a federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum-seekers to Mexico to await court hearings, a practice immigrant advocates have denounced as inhumane and deadly.

An earlier decision Friday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco dealt a blow to the Trump administration. The process — called the Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP, also known as “Remain in Mexico” — had been seen as a successful tool in President Donald Trump’s asylum crackdown.

Throngs of migrants in the program flocked to international crossings across the border, including Matamoros, Ciudad Juárez, Nogales and Tijuana, buoyed by the chance of being let into the U.S. The crossing this morning remained under heavy guard.

But the decision — and migrants’ hopes — lasted only a few hours. About 7 p.m. Friday, the 9th Circuit judges granted an emergency stay on the injunction, as requested by the Trump administration, effectively reinstating MPP while further arguments are heard. The case appears to be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“This evening, with support of DOJ attorneys and CBP’s declaration, the 9th Circuit granted a stay of its earlier order enjoining MPP,” Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan tweeted Late Friday. “@CBP will immediately reinstate MPP!”

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Migrants surge near US-Mexico border after court reverses decision on Trump policy

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