Legal Opinion
E. Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 24, 2019No. Case No. 19-cv-04073-JSTPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON S. TIGAR, United States District Judge
On July 16, 2019, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") published a joint interim final rule, entitled "Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications" (the "Rule" or the "third country transit bar"). The effect of the Rule is to categorically deny asylum to almost anyone entering the United States at the southern border *930if he or she did not first apply for asylum in Mexico or another third country.
Under our laws, the right to determine whether a particular group of applicants is categorically barred from…
2Cases cited87 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Al Otro Lado v. Chad WolfCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2020
- Barr v. East Bay Sanctuary CovenantSupreme Court of the United States · 2019
- East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. William BarrCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2020
- E. Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. BarrDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2019
- East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Donald J. TrumpCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2025
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