The Trump administration ruled on Tuesday that asylum seekers are ineligible from posting bail while they wait the months or years for their cases to be heard.
Attorney General William Barr’s decision explains that Section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides that any “alien” applying for admission may be paroled into the US for “urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.” However, even if an asylum seeker establishes a “credible fear of persecution or torture,” but fails to meet an urgency requirement or public benefit, they will be ineligible to post bond and held until their case is decided.
