Immigration
Aug. 11, 2023
Lawyers urge judge to block rule on asylum seekers
“Use of the CBP One smartphone app has effectively become the sole mechanism to access the U.S. asylum process at a [Port of Entry] on the southern border,” wrote Ori Lev of Mayer Brown LLP.
Attorneys argued Thursday that a federal judge in San Diego should enjoin Biden administration rules turning back asylum seekers who try to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at a Port of Entry without setting up an appointment on a phone app.
“Old habits are hard to break, even when those habits violate the law,” wrote Ori Lev, a Mayer Brown LLP partner in a memorandum in support of the motion for a preliminary injunction in the Southern Distri...
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