[U] Hideously, Trump Is "Foot Dragging" -- On An Asylum Settlement He Already Agreed To, In San Diego...

Trump's lawyers agreed, in open court on October 3, 2018, that the statutorily REQUIRED "credible fear" interviews should begin immediately, as to the 60 people in ICE detention who had already signed a request for such an interview. [The interviews allow asylum seekers to remain in the US while formal proceedings determine if the particular asylum seeker might reasonably be in danger -- if deported.] But as with all L 'Affairs Trump, when it comes to living up to his word -- he chooses political soundbites first.

He knows midterms draw nigh -- and he wants to seem "tough" on the border. He wants to do so. . . by continuously and openly violating an existing federal statute, and now a settled case. So, Judge Sabraw just ordered 45 to follow existing law. Here is the five page overnight order (as a PDF file), and a bit:

. . . .Finally, and contrary to Defendants’ assertion at oral argument, there is no prejudice to Defendants in providing notice of the credible fear orientations or the actual credible fear reviews and interviews to the 60 or so class members that are currently in detention and have executed election forms. As Plaintiffs pointed out at oral argument, and as the Court indicated in its order granting the TRO in the M.M.M. case, Defendants have a statutory obligation to provide class members access to asylum procedures. Providing that access now as opposed to later does not prejudice Defendants.

For these reasons, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion to require implementation of the parties’ settlement agreement. Specifically, the Court orders Defendants to begin the asylum process provided for in the agreement to those class members that are in detention and have executed an election form. . . .

Abominable. These Trump-la-dykes are. . . just reprehensible. But we will march. . . forward. Onward. End this GOP disdain (as political expediency against) long settled federal statutory law -- by voting, at the ballot box, in under three weeks, now. Nationwide. Out door to door canvassing this weekend, in the South.

Updated 10.23.2018 @ 11 AM EDT: Overnight, the court has given the Trump Administration until November 23, 2018 to answer the amended complaint at law -- but to be clear, that date will only matter if the settlement falls apart. Which event. . . may still happen. Onward.

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