By EFE
04 Jun 2024, 21:51 PM EDT
Los Angeles, June 4 (EFE).-The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reported this Tuesday that it will seek to overturn in court the executive order presented this Tuesday by the US president, Joe Biden, which drastically restricts asylum applications on the border with Mexico and would come into force this same day.
The order will allow US authorities to deport those who do not pass strict asylum standards when the figure of 2,500 daily arrests at the border is exceeded for an average of seven days.
In a statement, the ACLU warned that it will sue the order, which, according to the organization, “echoes” the entry ban issued by Donald Trump’s government in 2018.
“We intend to challenge this order in court. It was illegal when Trump did it, and it is no less illegal now,” said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrant Rights Project, one of the lawyers who has led several legal battles against the US Executive and managed to have it repealed. the measures of the republican government.
In that sense, Deirdre Schifeling, political and advocacy director of the ACLU, warned that the initiative presented today does not cover the needs at the border or fix “the failed” immigration system.
One of activists’ biggest concerns is that the order will also speed up already expedited deportation proceedings.
“We urge the administration to fulfill its campaign promise to restore asylum and mobilize the resources necessary to address the challenges at the border. “It’s not just morally sensible: it’s good policy,” Schifeling added.
The order is expected to come into force this Tuesday because that figure of 2,500 arrests is already being exceeded with an average of 4,200 daily arrests that occurred in the month of April, the latest official figure available.
Protocols for requesting asylum will be relaxed again once that number drops to 1,500 on average over 14 days, which could be difficult to achieve since the last time the average detentions fell to 1,500 was in July 2020, at the height of pandemic.
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