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SAN DIEGO听 鈥� Immigrant rights attorneys filed an emergency motion today to block the government from applying another Trump administration rule to asylum seekers forced by a government policy known as 鈥渕etering鈥� to wait in Mexico to access the U.S. asylum process.听 The rule 鈥� the latest of the administration鈥檚 numerous attempts to eviscerate America鈥檚 asylum system 鈥� sends asylum seekers to third countries, including Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, to seek protection and would deny those previously subject to the government鈥檚 metering policy the opportunity to seek asylum in the United States.

鈥淲e are asking for immediate relief on behalf of thousands of vulnerable individuals who waited in Mexico as instructed by the U.S. government for months in dangerous conditions only to now be threatened with being sent to Guatemala or other ill-equipped Central American countries,鈥� said Erika Pinheiro, Al Otro Lado鈥檚 litigation and policy director. 鈥淵et again, this administration鈥檚 cruel, haphazard and illegal policies, aimed at dismantling the asylum system as we know it, are putting lives at risk.鈥�

The filing seeks a temporary restraining order barring application of the rule 鈥� which applies so-called 鈥淎sylum Cooperative Agreements鈥� with the designated Central American countries 鈥� to those asylum seekers who would not have been subject to the rule but for metering, until a final determination is made about the legality of the听 metering policy.
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The request filed today is in the ongoing case, Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 policy of turning back asylum seekers at ports of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border, including the 鈥渕etering鈥� policy that forces asylum seekers to wait for indeterminate periods in Mexico in order to seek asylum in the United States. The use of turnbacks to drastically limit the inspection and processing of asylum seekers was one of the earliest in the series of policies and practices the administration has implemented to deter asylum seekers at the southern border.
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鈥淟ike the Trump administration鈥檚 previous efforts to target asylum seekers, this latest 鈥榖ait and switch鈥� jeopardizes the lives of men, women and children who have fled persecution and violence and endured perilous journeys to seek refuge in the United States,鈥� said Melissa Crow, senior supervising attorney with the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Immigrant Justice Project. 鈥淯nless it is blocked, thousands of desperate asylum seekers who followed the 鈥榬ules鈥� by waiting in Mexico to be allowed to seek asylum in the United States will never have an opportunity to have their cases heard and instead will be sent to countries that are clearly incapable of providing protection or even basic safety.鈥�
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The rule, which was published on November 19, 2019, came the same day the plaintiffs in Al Otro Lado v. Wolf obtained a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration鈥檚 July 16, 2019, asylum ban from being applied to the thousands of metered asylum seekers who had been unlawfully prevented from accessing the U.S. asylum process before that ban was implemented.听
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鈥淭he Trump administration appears to be relentless in its quest to end asylum and back out of our country鈥檚 commitment to this most fundamental human rights principle. Now, as ever, we need the courts and the public to continue to resist this illegality and cruelty.听 The government cannot be permitted to exploit yet another Trump policy 鈥� the new rule 鈥� to attempt to extinguish our clients鈥� challenge to the prior illegal policy 鈥� the Turnback Policy,鈥� said , legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights.听
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The 澳彩开奖, Center for Constitutional Rights, and American Immigration Council filed the lawsuit, Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, No. 3:17-cv-02366 (S.D. Cal.), in July 2017 on behalf of individual asylum seekers and Al Otro Lado, an immigration legal services provider with offices in Mexico and California.听
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Today鈥檚 filing can be viewed HERE.
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