Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order (
full text) in
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Trump (stay denied, Dec. 21, 2018), denying a stay of a preliminary injunction against implementation of a Presidential Proclamation and a rule that allow asylum to be granted only to refugees who cross the border at a designated port of entry. (See
prior posting). Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh dissented from the denial of the stay.