Well this is interesting.
The Attorney General has overruled a 2005 immigration decision that made asylum seekers who passed a ‘credible fear’ interview eligible for release on bond:
AG Barr appears to be picking up where Sessions left off re: reversing key immigration appeals court decisions impacting asylum seekers. Today, Barr overruled the 2005 decision making detained asylum seekers who’ve passed a credible fear interview eligible for release on bond. pic.twitter.com/bM9V5hIiqH
— Caitlin Dickson (@CEDickson) April 16, 2019
In other words, asylum seekers who pass this credible fear interview will no longer be eligible for release on bond when this goes into effect, which is 90 days:
NEW: AG Barr decides that asylum seekers at the border who pass “credible fear” interviews and are transferred to a full deportation hearing are INELIGIBLE for release on bond.
Only DHS may decide to release them. Ruling is effective in 90 days.
Ruling: https://t.co/xesCkgbaps
— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) April 16, 2019
Some on Twitter are saying this wouldn’t apply to families, noting that Flores still applies there…
Would not apply to families, who under the Flores Settlement, must still be released from custody pending their asylum claims. Families made up more than half of southwest border apprehensions in March. https://t.co/feGdfoJkWv
— Max RN (@MaxRivlinNadler) April 16, 2019
One thing to keep in mind here is that, regardless of the ruling, DHS cannot hold families in detention centers for more than 3 weeks. https://t.co/WqIebQBkkY
— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) April 16, 2019
I see liberals on Twitter crying foul, as you might expect.
The big question is if DHS decides not to release credible asylum seekers on bond, where will they keep them? The last I heard was that DHS was just releasing illegals into the country because they were so overwhelmed they didn’t have any place to detain them. And as summer approaches you can bet this is only gonna get worse.
You can read the full 11-page ruling here if you like.
Via TRS
