Authority: Supreme Court of the United States

Date: 09/11/2019

Subject: The order of the Supreme Court of the United States, blocked, pending the merits decision of the court of appeal, the orders issued by the United States District Court Northern District of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit respectively on 24.9.2019 and on 9.9.2019, which suspended the execution of the joint interim final rule “Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications”, jointly adopted by the Department of Justice and by the Department of Homeland Security, and aiming at refusing asylum to those who enter the territory of the United States from the southern border, if they have not previously presented a request for international protection in Mexico or in another third Country

Parties: William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. v. East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, et al.

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 18 Right to asylum

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