TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 19, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to review two Trump administration immigration policies: the diversion of military funds to build a wall along the southern border and requiring asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their cases proceed through the courts. Lower courts rejected the wall funding saying the move violated the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution, while the asylum policy was determined to violate immigration law and contravene international human rights norms. The Hill has more on the story.