THAT IT WILL START AGAIN THIS
SPRING.
WE WILL SEE BALDWIN IN COURT
FOR THE FIRST TIME ON FRIDAY.
>>> IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES ARE
THREATENING TO SUE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION OVER A POTENTIAL
PLAN THAT COULD BLOCK MIGRANTS
FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY.
UNDER THIS NEW ROLE, MIGRANTS
WILL BE INELIGIBLE TO SEEK
ASYLUM IN THE U.S. UNLESS THEY
FIRST TRY TO SEEK ASYLUM IN
ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT THEY HAVE
PASSED THROUGH LIKE MEXICO.
THAT IS ANOTHER REPORT FROM
JULIE AINSLIE.
WALK US THROUGH THIS NEW
PROPOSAL AND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN
FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LOOKING
TO COME TO THE COUNTRY.
ESPECIALLY THOSE ENTERING THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> Reporter: THIS IS WIDELY
EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED IN THE
COMING WEEKS AND THIS IS THE
NOTICE FOR PROPOSED RULEMAKING,
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S WAY OF
SAYING THEY WANT TO GO FORWARD
WITH THIS ROLE ALLOWING FOR A
COMMENT PERIOD BUT IT IS
SOMETHING TO BE CHALLENGED BY
COURT.
WHAT WE DO IS MAKE MIGRANTS
INELIGIBLE FOR ASYLUM IF THEY
DID NOT FIRST TRY TO CLAIM
ASYLUM IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.
THE WAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT
WANTS TO DO THIS IS TO MAKE
MIGRANTS A VERY QUICK INTERVIEW
SO THAT THEY DON'T QUALIFY,
THEY ARE QUICKLY EXPELLED BACK
TO MEXICO.
SOME OF THOSE DETAILS ARE BEING
WORKED OUT WITH THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND
IMMIGRATION RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
AND LEGAL ACTIVISTS ARE ALREADY
PREPARING A LAWSUIT TO
CHALLENGE THE POLICY BECAUSE
THEY SAY IT IS EXACTLY LIKE THE
POLICY CREATED UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION BY IMMIGRATION
HARDLINER ADVISOR, STEVEN
MILLER.
IT IS ONE THAT THEY CHALLENGED
THE AND AND ONE THAT THEY PLAN
TO CHALLENGE AGAIN NOW. IT
REALLY SHOWS HOW THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS BECOME
HARDER ON IMMIGRATION AND WHAT
A LOT OF THESE GROUPS EXPECTED
FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN AND WHAT
HE CAMPAIGNED ON.
IN PART, THEY ARE BEING DRIVEN
BY THE NUMBERS.
WE ARE SEEING RECORD NUMBERS OF
MIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER
AND THE SECRETARY SAYING THEY
WANT TO OPEN UP MORE LEGAL
PATHWAYS BUT ALL REPORTING SHOWS
THEY DON'T EXPECT TO BE OPENING
UP ANYMORE PATHWAYS TO CENTRAL
AMERICA ANYTIME SOON. EXPECT
THE FACT THAT CRITICS ARE
COMPARING BINDING POLICIES WITH
TRUMP POLICIES, IS IT ACCURATE
TO MAKE THOSE COMPARISONS?
ARE THE POLICIES SIMILAR?
>> IT IS HARD TO SEE THE POLICY
IN A VACUUM.
IT IS TRUE THAT TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DID NOT TRY TO
OPEN UP MORE PATHWAYS WHERE
PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR
CITIZENSHIP FROM THEIR OWN
COUNTRY.
THAT DIDN'T EXIST UNDER THE
TRUST ADMINISTRATION BUT IF YOU
LOOK AT THE POLICY, IT REALLY
DOES LOOK A LOT LIKE WHAT
HAPPENED. THE FORMER BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY
WHEN THEY WAIVE THESE OPTIONS
EARLIER, THEY SAID THERE IS NO
WAY. IT IS NOT LEGAL, WE WON'T
GO THERE.
IT ALSO SHOWS WHERE WE ARE IN
THIS COUNTRY ON THE ISSUE
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WHILE THESE
ARE THREATENING TO SUE FOR
BEING TOO HARD ON MIGRANTS, WE
ALSO HAVE A LAWSUIT ON THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR BEING TOO
LENIENT.
>> VERY QUICKLY.
I KNOW YOU SPOKE WITH
REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE
PLANNING TO SUE AND LOOKING AT
RECENT RULINGS, DO THEY FACE
THEM IN COURT?
>> IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE
CIRCUIT.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS VERY HARD TO
GET TO THE FIFTH CIRCUIT IN
TEXAS THE NINTH CIRCUIT IN
CALIFORNIA COULD BE MUCH MORE
LENIENT.
IT IS THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNDER
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYING
THIS IS AN UNLAWFUL POLICY BUT
IT IS ALL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR.
IT MAY BE THAT ADVOCATES DON'T
HAVE A CASE BUT RIGHT NOW, WE
WILL SEE A LOT MORE WHEN THEY
TAKE ORAL ARGUMENTS ON MARCH 1st
ON TITLE 42, COVID-19
RESTRICTIONS THAT REPUBLICANS