Appeals Court Suspends Own Order After Halting Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy

Appeals Court Suspends Own Order After Halting Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy
Immigration guards finish loading a van of immigrants leaving court under guard in El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 28, 2020. Cedar Attanasio/AP Photo
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A federal appeals court has suspended an order that would block an immigration policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while a court processes their claims.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request on Friday from the Trump administration to pause its ruling from earlier in the day.