A federal appeals court grilled the Justice Department on Monday over its assertion that two Rwandan nationals may not challenge the revocation of their refugee status in court.
A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit heard arguments brought by both the DOJ and the lawyers for the two Rwandan refugees. The panel requested a new oral argument session after the Supreme Court’s June ruling in Mullin v. Doe. In the Mullin case, the high court ruled that federal immigration law barred courts from reviewing the decision by the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for various countries. After that decision, the DOJ asked the appeals court to reconsider its ruling in the case of the Rwandans, asserting that the Mullin decision provides a blueprint for how the 10th Circuit should act in this case.
