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Sonia Sotomayor

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Gender Female
Age 69
Date of birth June 25,1954
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born The Bronx
New York
United States
Spouse Kevin Noonan
Appointed by Barack Obama
Job Judge
Author
Jurist
Book editor
Education Yale Law School
Princeton University
Cardinal Spellman High School
Cardinal Spellman
Books Just Ask: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
My Beloved World
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
Just Help! How to Build a Better World
Turning Pages: My Life Story
NationalityAmerican
Parents Celina Báez
Juan Sotomayor
Siblings Juan Sotomayor
Awards Hispanic Heritage Awards: Leadership
Previous positionJudge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1992–1998)
Position Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2009
Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Memoir & Autobiography
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Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and has served since August 8, 2009.

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... The three justices who disagreed with the majority - Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan - wrote that they had done so " with sorrow - for this court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection"...

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... The liberal justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer dissented...

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... The majority, who provided no explanation for the emergency decision, included Justices John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer...

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... Some justices on the conservative-dominated court signalled support for the mandate on Friday, including Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal, who suggested the rule was not a vaccine mandate but a mandate for the unvaccinated to mask and get tested...

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... In a written dissent, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the expedited timeframe would offer " cold comfort" for women in Texas who are hoping for abortion treatment...

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... Standing from left, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Brett M Kavanaugh Ms Ginsburg, 86, is the oldest sitting justice on the Supreme Court, and has received hospital treatment a number of times in recent years...

Trump immigration plans: BGH allowed asylum curbs

Feb 16,2020 6:09 am

The rule change will mainly impact on the Central American Migrants

, the Supreme court of The United States has been to restrict the government to challenge the ability of the Migrants , Asylum .

The policy bars people arriving at the U.S. southern Border from the search for protection, not to do if you are in a country that you pass through on the route.

Legal challenges continue, But the verdict means for the can now be enforced nationwide.

The Plan will have an impact on tens of thousands of Central American Migrants who travel to the North, often on foot, through Mexico.

Mexico, said on Thursday that it did not agree with the decision.

But it was almost immediately blocked effect by a lower-court decision, a judge in San Francisco .

the control of migration levels was a key objective of the Donald Trump -Chairman and represents an important part in his bid for re-election in 2020.

He welcomed the Supreme court decision as a great victory.

What is the meaning of the changes?

The amendment relates to Mexican Migrants , to give a try on the US southern Border .

This includes, But is not limited to, those of the Central American countries, the vast majority of Asylum seekers so far this Year .

, and of these, most came with at least one other member of the family.

Many of the guests escape, violence, or poverty, and travel North through Mexico to reach the U.S. Border . Upon arrival, you will have a "credible fear" interview will need to pass on to Asylum in the United States that do the most.

The rule means that you would fail, had led to change, you have no claim to Asylum in Another Country , the one she had first.

The rule will also Migrants impact on a smaller number of African, Asian, and South American, the arrival at the U.S. southern Border and Asylum - Many after taking Extremely Dangerous to travel.

The American Civil Liberties Union, the eliminate against the ruling,

"The current ban of almost all of the Asylum on the southern Border , in the ports of entry, for all except for Mexicans," it said in a petition.

A lawyer for The Group , described the decision as a "temporary step" and said it remained confident in the challenge of change.

"The lives of thousands of families," Lee Gelerent said.

all persons whose Asylum application has been refused, the can of a third country or is a victim of Human Trafficking still apply.

A U.S. justice department spokesman said the decision would help bring "to The Crisis at the southern Border , close loopholes in our immigration system and discourage frivolous claims".

Why is the controversial?

modify The rule, overthrows the long-standing Convention, will listen to US requests for Asylum , regardless of how the people arrived at The Border .

On the nine-judge Supreme Court, a liberal-leaning Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the ruling.

"Once Again , the Executive Branch has a rule that tried to overturn long-standing practices in respect of refugees seeking protection from persecution," wrote justice Sotomayor.

Migrants is sought subject to the limit in the last month in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

The route to the United States with the risks that Central American Migrants often deliberately by gangs in neighboring countries, because they are vulnerable.

There are questions about whether Mexico and Guatemala, it can be done, with a rise in Asylum -seekers.

It is also unclear whether other countries the cooperation with which amounts to a unilateral U.S. policy.

the Mexican officials have worked to Crack Down on migration, already pushed back strongly against The Plan .

in response to the judgment of the Supreme court on Thursday, the Foreign Minister , Marcelo Ebrard reiterated that Mexico is not tied to a "third state" for U.S. Asylum seekers.

"It's an American Problem, and obviously we do not agree, we have a different policy," he told reporters.

earlier This Week , Mark Morgan , acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said that in August a total of 64,000 people were detained or turned back to the South-west Border , down 22% from July, and 56% from may.

Mr Ebrard added that he expected that The Number of Migrants fall in transit through Mexico, to continue to.

Central American countries, with The Exception of Guatemala, have also refused to sign the "safe third country" agreements mean that would, in the US Asylum seekers could send it again that to go through without the protection sought.

The Guatemalan deal, at the end of the President signed by his difference, has legal hurdles and has not yet entered into force.

On Wednesday, the President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a picture of yourself posted on The Phone to President Trump, who said she had "an excellent phone conversation".

The Supreme court ruling is the second in favour of Mr Trump, the migration of the plans so far this Year . In July , The Nation 's top court ruled Mr Trump's $2 could use. 5 billion (£2bn), the Pentagon money for his long-promised southern Border wall.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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