The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Biden Administration’s attempt to end the MPP/Remain in Mexico program.
This is how the internet reacted:
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy council of the American Immigration Council analyzed how the ruling got it wrong in a very detailed thread:
A crushingly bad (but expected) decision from the 5th Circuit tonight upholding Judge Kascmaryk's decision ordering the reinstatement of MPP, and agreeing with his outrageous holding that a law from 1996 *requires* MPP—which didn't exist until 2019.
https://t.co/dv5bubmD75 pic.twitter.com/lShWkke8ac— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) December 14, 2021
Many noted how the ruling fails to consider the real-life impacts of MPP:
Even though I know this is an appeals court, the distance from actual people migrating in the decision makes reading it a surreal experience.
— Yael Schacher (@YaelSchacher) December 14, 2021
I'm not even kidding when I say that the fate of the actual people put into MPP don't even get a single consideration in the entire 100+ page decision. Their lives and safety are, to the 5th Circuit, totally irrelevant to this question. https://t.co/aipBl7ryDy
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) December 14, 2021
David Leopold noted the anti-immigrant judicial pipeline and its effects on immigration policy:
"From Ken Paxton to Texas judges to the 5th circuit court, pro-Trump conservatives have put their thumbs on the scale to advance Trump policies and conservative political goals under the guise of the law." – @DavidLeopold
— America's Voice (@AmericasVoice) December 14, 2021
Others noted how Trump appointed judges continue to uphold Trump policies:
A depressing thread on the latest lies peddled by psychopathic Trump judges on the 5th Circuit to further the GOP’s nativist agenda. Pretty remarkable how these guys continually spew verifiably false propaganda in serve of flagrantly partisan aims. https://t.co/DWfjSfcdgO
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) December 14, 2021
Sorry to beat this drum but Trump judges are ruthlessly imposing Trump’s policies on the Biden administration and it gets little attention in the mainstream press because it’s wrapped in legalese that many reporters deem too dense to explain to the public.
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) December 14, 2021
This is blatantly lawless. A far-right judge forces the gov to violate US and international law to bring back a Trump policy based on flimsy legal posturing, and now the 5th Circuit has validated that farce. Violating non-refoulement to boost the ego of extremist judges. https://t.co/WnzEyeg0jf
— Garrett "Dubh" Thweatt (@GarrettThw) December 14, 2021
