9th Circuit Judge Blocks Trump's Policy Returning Refugees Back To Mexico

    A federal judge on the 9th Circuit blocked President Donald Trump's administration's new policy returning refugees back to Mexico. ​

   "The so-called 'Remain in Mexico' policy was one of the primary innovations of former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, whom President Trump announced on Sunday 'will be leaving her position' after 16 months in the job.

     Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco granted a request by civil liberties groups to halt the practice while their lawsuit moves forward. He put the decision on hold until Friday to give U.S. officials the chance to appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals -- which, thanks to Trump's aggressive judicial appointments, is now more friendly to conservatives than it has been in more than three decades," Fox News reported.

     Deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, Judy Rabinovitz, released a statement, "The court strongly rejected the Trump administration’s unprecedented and illegal policy of forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico without hearing their claims.

     "Try as it may, the Trump administration cannot simply ignore our laws in order to accomplish its goal of preventing people from seeking asylum in the United States," he added.