Appeals Court Allows Biden Asylum Policy to Remain in Place

Biden’s controversial asylum policy for those at the U.S.–Mexico border can remain in effect for now, a U.S. appeals court has ruled.

Asylum-seeking illegal immigrants sit by concertina wire fence while waiting to be transported by U.S. law enforcement officers after crossing the Rio Grande river into the U.S. from Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 24, 2023. Go Nakamura/Reuters

A U.S. appeals court on Aug. 3 decided that a Biden administration regulation for people seeking asylum at the U.S.–Mexico border can remain in effect for now.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, voted 2-1 to put a temporary stay on a ruling by a district court judge.