华盛顿——拜登政府要求最高法院推迟对特朗普政府两项有争议的政策的辩论，这两项政策已经在法庭上受到质疑，现在总统乔·拜登已经采取措施解决这些问题。
司法部周一要求法官取消2月22日关于总统一案的辩论唐纳德·特朗普美国决定将数十亿美元纳税人的钱转用于沿美国边境修建部分隔离墙墨西哥。
新政府提出了类似的要求，要求一周后就特朗普迫使寻求庇护者等待的政策进行辩论墨西哥美国法庭听证会。
在担任总统的第一天，拜登撤销了特朗普在南部边境宣布的国家紧急状态，并下令暂停修建隔离墙。他还暂停了所谓的新移民留在墨西哥政策。
代理副检察长伊丽莎白·普洛加尔(Elizabeth Prelogar)对法院表示，在这两起案件中代表起诉特朗普政府的团体的美国公民自由联盟(American Civil Liberties Union)已同意推迟这两起案件。
在一份关于边界墙的声明中，美国公民自由联盟还呼吁政府拆除新建筑，并解决它造成的环境破坏。“拜登政府没有急于在法庭上为特朗普的非法墙辩护，这是一个好的开始，但仅仅踩刹车是不够的。特朗普的墙摧毁了边境社区、环境和部落遗址，”美国公民自由联盟律师Dror Ladin说。
Biden asks high court to put off wall, asylum cases
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to put off arguments over two controversial Trump administration policies that have been challenged in court now that President Joe Biden has taken steps to unwind them.
The Justice Department asked the justices Monday to cancel arguments on Feb. 22 in a case over President Donald Trump's decision to divert billions of dollars in taxpayer money to construction of portions of a wall along the border with Mexico.
The new administration made a similar request for arguments set for a week later over the Trump policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings.
In his first days as president, Biden rescinded the national emergency Trump declared on the southern border and ordered a pause in wall construction. He also suspended the so-called remain in Mexico policy for new arrivals.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents groups that sued the Trump administration in both cases, has agreed to putting off both cases, acting Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the court.
In a statement regarding the border wall, the ACLU also called for the administration to tear down the new construction and address environmental damage it caused. “It’s a good start that the Biden administration is not rushing to defend Trump’s illegal wall in court, but just hitting the brakes isn’t enough. Trump’s wall devastated border communities, the environment, and tribal sites,” ACLU lawyer Dror Ladin said.
