Third Party Deportation Policy Knocked down!
Trump will appeal the judge’s decision!
Los Angeles, US, Sep 18 (EFE).-
A US federal appeals court ruled on Friday against the policy of President Donald Trump’s administration that allows immigration authorities to deport migrants to third countries without previously notifying them or giving them the opportunity to object to the decision.
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit largely upheld the ruling of a lower court for the District of Massachusetts, which deemed the policy issued last year illegal.
The regulation states that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was not required to inform migrants that they would be deported to third countries, as long as the destination governments assured that the deportees would not be persecuted or tortured.
“An individual’s right to contest removal to a country based on a fear of persecution in that country means little if one does not receive prior notice of the intended removal destination and a meaningful opportunity to contest that destination,” Judge Seth Aframe wrote on behalf of the panel, which unanimously voted against the rule.
Aframe stressed that both statutory laws and federal regulations mandate clear hearing and notice procedures for individuals who express a fear of persecution or torture.
“We reject the DHS’s (Department of Homeland Security) attempts to create such an exception out of thin air,” the panel ruled.
The Trump administration has engaged in several legal battles over expelling immigrants to third countries, as countries that are not designated in an immigrant’s deportation order are called.
Trump had already appealed to the Supreme Court on this case, and the high court allowed him to continue expelling immigrants to third countries while the litigation proceeds.
The White House is expected to repeat the legal strategy and go to the highest courts to overturn the appeals panel ruling. EFE
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