Kansas AG files brief to keep Remain in Mexico policy in place

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – The Kansas Legal professional Basic has filed a brand new temporary to dam the Biden Administration’s strike of the Stay in Mexico coverage.

Kansas Legal professional Basic Derek Schmidt says on Friday, April 15, he requested the U.S. Supreme Court docket to require President Joe Biden’s Administration to maintain the federal “Stay in Mexico” coverage in place. He stated the coverage restricts the motion of migrants throughout the U.S. southern border.

AG Schmidt stated he joined 18 different states this week to file a short in help of a lower-court ruling that will stop the federal authorities from arbitrarily hanging the coverage which has been in place since January 2019.

“The Biden administration’s failed insurance policies have fueled a humanitarian and safety disaster at our nation’s southern border that impacts each state together with Kansas,” Schmidt stated. “We proceed to combat again by asking courts to require the administration to not less than obey the legislation because it pursues its misguided insurance policies.”

In August 2021, Schmidt stated a federal district courtroom in Texas dominated the Biden Administration did not adjust to federal legislation when it tried the Trump period coverage which requires asylum seekers from third world nations to stay in Mexico pending formal proceedings.

Schmidt famous that the district courtroom’s ruling reinstated the coverage, nevertheless, the Biden administration has appealed that call. As well as, he stated the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the fifth Circuit required the federal authorities to maintain the coverage in impact whereas authorized proceedings proceed.

The AG stated the Stay in Mexico coverage – or the Migrant Safety Protocols – requires immigrants with out clear authorization to cross the border into the usto both be detained or stay in Mexico whereas their instances are examined.

Schmidt additionally famous that federal companies are legally required to correctly contemplate the implications of their actions on states and residents earlier than coverage adjustments are made. He stated that consideration didn’t occur earlier than the Division of Homeland Safety was ordered to disregard the coverage in January 2021.

Earlier in 2022, Schmidt stated he and different state attorneys common traveled to the Lone Star State to satisfy with Gov. Greg Abbott and different officers to debate the disaster on the border – together with the effectiveness of the Stay in Mexico coverage. He stated the additional weakening of border insurance policies invitations chaos and legal parts which have an effect on Kansas and different states.

Earlier this week, Schmidt stated he additionally joined a lawsuit that seeks to maintain the Title 42 public well being coverage in place. He stated this coverage permits border officers to show away migrants because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

To learn a full copy of the amicus temporary filed in Biden v. Texas, click on HERE.

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