The Biden administration argued that federal officials can release many of the applicants into the country while they await hearings.
The US Supreme Court freed President Joe Biden’s administration to end a Trump-era policy that forces asylum-seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico for their cases to be processed, letting the president retake control of a key facet of his immigration policy.
Voting 5-4, the court said the “remain-in-Mexico” program isn’t required under federal immigration law even though the government lacks capacity to detain everyone. The Biden administration argued that federal officials can release many of the applicants into the country while they await hearings.
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‘Risen from the ashes…’: What Xi Jinping said in Hong Kong today
Hong Kong has ‘risen from the ashes’, China president Xi Jinping said Thursday on a rare visit to the former British colony. Xi Jinping’s was in Hong Kong to celebrate 25 year since it was returned to China and administer the oath of office to the global financial hub’s new leader, John Lee. Today was Xi Jinping’s first visit to Hong Kong since 2017.
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Gunfire, explosions heard near Afghan grand assembly ‘loya jirga’ in Kabul
Chaos erupted in Kabul as several explosions and gunfires were reported close to the hall where the ‘Loya Jirga’ or the grand assembly of religious scholars and elders is underway, local media reported. The exact cause and location of the gunfire is not clear yet. The Freedom Fighters Front in its statement said that its ‘special forces’ had attacked the Taliban gathering. But the Taliban regime has not said anything, Aamaj News English, reported.
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Canada extends Covid border restrictions to Sept 30
Canada extended all existing Covid-related border restrictions till at least September 30 this year, the government announced on Wednesday. The restrictions include a mandatory 14-day quarantine for everyone except the fully vaccinated, which in this case means having taken the primary series of two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine approved by Canadian health authorities. Those not considered fully vaccinated will also be tested on the first and eighth days after their entry into Canada.
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Kidnapped Congo woman forced to cook, eat human flesh twice: Rights group to UN
A Congolese woman was kidnapped twice by militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, repeatedly raped and forced to cook and eat human flesh, a Congolese rights group told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday. Julienne Lusenge, president of women’s rights group Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development (SOFEPADI), told the woman’s story while addressing the 15-member council about the conflict-torn east of Congo.