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Original Date Announced
November 22, 2019EOIR issues guidance that the Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications Rule will not be applied "where the individual may be an Al Otro Lado class member." In such cases, "the adjudicator should determine whether the individual approached a POE at the southern border, before July 16, 2019, to seek asylum but was not processed because of DHS’ metering policy" before applying the rule.
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Guidance from EOIR Office of General Counsel, sent Friday, November 22, 2019 EOIR Final Rule Asylum Eligibility and Procedural ModificationsEffective Date
November 22, 2019Subsequent Trump-Era and Court Action(s)
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September 11, 2020
On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr against the third-country asylum rule announced in July 2019 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). However, on September 11, 2020, the Supreme Court stayed the injunction pending appeal. The government's petition for rehearing en banc was filed on October 5, 2020 and is currently pending at the Ninth Circuit as of 10/26/20. See East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr (N.D. Cal. 4:19-cv-04073; Ninth Cir. 19-16773); see also Al Otro Lado v. Wolf (S.D. Cal. 3:17-cv-02366; Ninth Cir. 19-56417). The Ninth Circuit denied a stay of the district court's preliminary injunction on Mar. 5, 2020. Oral argument on the government's appeal of the injunction was held July 10, 2020 and a decision is pending as of 10/27/20.
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September 2, 2021
2021.09.02 Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas Summary Judgement Order
On September 2, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California issued a decision in Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas declaring metering policies that turn back asylum seekers at the border unlawful. The court ordered the parties to submit supplemental briefing on remedies by October 1, 2021.
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August 5, 2022
2022.08.05 Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas Remedies Opinion
On August 5, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California issued a remedies opinion in Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas concluding that turning back asylum seekers constitutes an unlawful withholding of Defendants’ mandatory ministerial inspection and referral duties under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 and § 1225 in violation of both the Administrative Procedure Act and the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause. The court held that Garland v. Aleman Gonzalez (Supreme Court, 2022) precluded it from entering an injunction against the metering policy, but granted class-wide declaratory relief.
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Current Status
Not in effectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/Actual In LitigationTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CAT Hearings and AdjudicationsAgencies Affected: EOIRAssociated or Derivative Policies
Pre Trump-Era Policies
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July 16, 2019
On July 16, 2019, DOJ and DHS announced an Interim Final Rule establishing a mandatory bar to asylum eligibility for individuals who transit through a third country and then enter or attempt to enter the U.S. across the southern border without having applied for protection in at least one of the third countries through which they transited.
Interim Final Rule re: Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications
Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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New Policy
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New Policy
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Prior Policy
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Subsequent Action
Original Source:
Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas Summary Judgement Order
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Subsequent Action
Original Source:
Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas Remedies Opinion