Another federal district judge has attempted to halt President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts, ruling late Wednesday that the president’s Jan. 20 executive order declaring an invasion at the southern border and taking action to protect the states from an invasion is unlawful.
Judge Randolph Moss with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued two orders and a 128-page memorandum and opinion in a lawsuit filed against the Department of Homeland Security by Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.
The order partially granted the plaintiff’s request for summary judgment and vacated the president’s executive order “to the extent that it authorizes extra-statutory and extra-regulatory removals or repatriations of covered individuals; precludes the individual plaintiffs and class members from accessing their statutory rights to apply for asylum; precludes the individual plaintiffs and class members from applying for and, where appropriate, obtaining withholding of removal; and departs from the Convention Against Torture protection screening standards” established by federal agency regulations.
The judge ruled the president’s proclamation was unlawful because it “purports to suspend or restrict access to asylum, withholding of removal” or agency regulatory processes.
He also enjoined the order from being enforced, appearing to violate the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling restricting nationwide injunctions.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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