“Be strong and courageous.” Deuteronomy 31:6 (ESV).

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico to wait for their asylum hearings in that country, rather than the U.S. does not violate U.S. law.

This means the U.S. can send illegal border crossers back to Mexico regardless if they claim asylum. We do not have to return to a catching them and releasing them into the U.S. where most would just disappear, never showing up for any hearings.

The 9th Circuit’s ruling shows it is likely that the Trump administration will win this fight on the merits even before the Supreme Court.