Ilhan Omar: Supreme Court has rendered "morally and legally wrong" decision on Trump's ban on asylum

Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who has emerged as one of the Democratic Party's progressive voices, denounced a decision by the conservative Supreme Court last week that allowed the Trump administration to apply radical restriction on those who can seek asylum at the southern border, claiming that the country's high court has made unfair decisions throughout American history.

"I think this decision is morally and legally wrong," Omar told Sunday's "Face the Nation." "Asking for asylum is a legal right, and we know that the Supreme Court has already deceived themselves." They were wrong in the decision on equality but the doctrine of separation they had wrong in the decision Dred Scott. "

Omar referred to the decision of the Supreme Court Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 which effectively sanctioned racial segregation in public spaces, as well as the 1857 decision Dred Scott v. Sandford, in which the majority of the court said that African-Americans released or enslaved were not US citizens and were not entitled to seek their release or other remedy in court.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a one-paragraph order aimed at lifting two national injunctions issued by a federal judge in California, which prohibited the administration from enforcing this ban. The controversial rule makes most migrants from Central America or other parts of the world ineligible or asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border, with limited exceptions.

The rule, a joint effort by the Justice and Homeland Security Departments, limits the US asylum system to migrants who have transited through a third country like Mexico to reach the United States without seeking asylum or asylum. other form of protection.

Administration officials believe that the change will deter people whom they call "economic migrants". However, immigrant rights advocates fear that this will place vulnerable asylum seekers, including families with small children, in precarious situations in areas of Mexico or Central America preyed upon. endemic insecurity and poverty.

Omar said the Supreme Court's decision to allow the implementation of the policy while legal recourse to justice should motivate his fellow Democrats to advocate for more progressive immigration policies.

"As legislators, we now have the opportunity to make sure to create a humane and just immigration policy," she added.

But she conceded that democratic immigration proposals, such as bills to place DACA (Deferred Action for Child Arrivals) recipients and other undocumented immigrants on the road to citizenship Americans, would continue to face a Senate blockage led by Republicans.

"Many of the policies we have advocated, many of which are currently at the doors of Mitch McConnell, will have a positive impact on the way our immigration system is implemented," said Omar.