Reposted by Elizabeth Lower-Basch
"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war.
*"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared)
Elizabeth Lower-Basch
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![In any event, to the extent that the Court does consider the declaration, it does
not aid the Government's cause.
Ms. Alfonso-Royals claims that the "It]he main
harm" of the Court's Order is that USCIS will have to adjudicate cases for individuals
from "identified" "high risk countries" that purportedly "possess little to no credible identity management infrastructure." ECF No. 46-1 at 2, 6. This, she contends,
"makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for USCIS to rely on civil and identity documents presented to perform identity verification, conduct screening and vetting, or evaluate eligibility for immigration benefits." ECF No. 46-1 at 2. Ms. Alfonso-
Royals then proceeds to cite ten examples of "countries impacted by the vacated hold policies" and explains the purported security "risks posed by each country." Id. at 2-
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![Are general concerns over the reliability and credibility of documents issued
by Ethiopia, Liberia, and Pakistan-countries that were never even subject to the
aforementioned policies, let alone the administration's Travel Ban-supposed to
constitute irreparable harm to the Government? The Court struggles to see how
these concerns are at all relevant, given that the Government has never previously
expressed them to the Court. See Am. Hosp. Ass'n v. Kennedy, 164 F.4th 28, 34 (1st
Cir. 2026) ("Although agencies may later 'elaborate' on the reasons initially provided
to justify agency action, they may not provide altogether new reasons after-the-
fact."). [footnote below] As Plaintiffs aptly observe, that USCIS can and does adjudicate applications
ECF No. 48. for individuals from Ethiopia, Liberia, and Pakistan, despite the alleged screening and vetting deficiencies, "belies any suggestion of irreparable harm." ECF No. 47 at 27.
Footnote: Once again, the Court notes that the Government declined the opportunity to file a Reply brief to explain, among other things, why Ms. Alfonso Royals' declaration references these countries in the first place.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreigzxje5oqf55rtyxlkou62nd5xfs2f6idfn36p5lkey3bqdihfz4y)
