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For Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019

Mega Millions

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11-17-31-43-55—Mega 16

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3 2,011 $

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1 + Mega 11,666 $

Mega only 28,159 $

Winning jackpot ticket(s) sold in other

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For Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019

SuperLotto Plus

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1-12-13-39-47—Mega 9

Jackpot:$68 million

Powerball

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8-32-47-53-59—Powerball 3

Jackpot:$112 million

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Daily Four: 1-5-8-

Daily Three (midday): 8-2-

Daily Three (evening): 7-0-

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SAN DIEGO — For the
first time, an immigration
judge has granted asylum to
a migrant who had been re-
turned to Mexico under a
Trump administration pro-
gram.
But the Department of
Homeland Security may
send him back to Mexico
anyway, said the lawyer rep-
resenting the man.
The program, known offi-
cially as Migrant Protection
Protocols and widely as “Re-
main in Mexico,” began
sending certain asylum
seekers back to Mexico in
January to wait for their
claims to be processed in im-
migration court.
According to recently re-
leased data from the Trans-
actional Records Access
Clearinghouse of Syracuse
University, most court cases
flagged as Migrant Protec-
tion Protcols are still pend-
ing. As of the end of June, no
one in the program had won
asylum.
Robyn Barnard, an attor-
ney with the group Human
Rights First, said she hasn’t
heard from her client since
he was taken into custody
Tuesday afternoon after
they had won his case.
He doesn’t have access to
his phone while in custody.
She believes that he is still
being held at the San Ysidro
Port of Entry.
DHS did not immedi-
ately respond to a request
for comment.
Barnard’s client, a 30-
year-old man from Hon-
duras whom Human Rights
First referred to by the nick-
name Alec for safety rea-
sons, was granted asylum
based on religious grounds.
Alec was an Evangelical
Christian leader in his com-
munity and was targeted
and persecuted by the MS-
gang, she said.
Through his work, he
converted several gang
members who decided to

leave their violent lives be-

hind, Barnard said. The

gang killed them for leaving,

she said, and went after

Alec.

Judge Rico Bartolomei,

an assistant chief immigra-

tion judge, found that the

Honduran government is

unable and unwilling to pro-

tect Alec from that persecu-

tion, Barnard said. For Cen-

tral Americans fleeing gang

violence, proving that ele-

ment under asylum law is

difficult but necessary to win

protection.

Bartolomei also ordered

that Alec be admitted to the

United States.

Then, according to

Barnard, the judge turned to

the attorney representing

DHS in the case and asked

whether she wanted to con-

sider appealing his decision.

She said yes.

Bartolomei asked what

would happen to Alec in the

meantime.

The DHS attorney told

Bartolomei that Alec would

remain in DHS custody and

“may be returned to Mexi-

co,” Barnard said. If he does

not return to Mexico, he

could end up in an immigra-

tion detention center if DHS

decides not to release him.

If the government de-

cides to appeal the case to

the Board of Immigration

Appeals, the final decision

could take years.

Bartolomei reiterated his

order that Alec be allowed

into the United States. He

asked Barnard for her re-

sponse.

Barnard said she gave a

brief plea, emphasizing that

Alec had followed U.S. law

throughout the process,

that he had already waited

six months in Tijuana and

that a local community

member had already agreed

to provide him housing. She

promised to personally en-

sure that he follow any and

all conditions put on him by

DHS if he were released.

The DHS attorney said it

wasn’t up to her, Barnard re-

called. Alec would have to go

back.

“He was very emotional,”

Barnard said. “We had just

had this wonderful moment

of winning his protection af-

ter months of uncertainty.

To say, ‘I don’t know what’s

going to happen to you.

They’re putting you back in

that freezing cell’ — he was

very upset.”

“He’s been found to be a

credible refugee and not a

danger to the community,”

Barnard added. “There’s no

reason for him to have to be

in that cell right now.”

Barnard said the govern-

ment’s actions raise ques-

tions about the real reason

for the Remain in Mexico

program.

“It just seems that the

purpose isn’t to ensure that

only genuine refugees are

coming in,” Barnard said.

“The purpose is to make

people give up — give up

their claims and leave rather

than wait for their day in

court. What other reason is

there at this point to send

him back to Mexico after a

judge has found that he is

not lying, that he is a cred-

ible witness?”

She worried that if Alec is

returned to Mexico after

winning, it will cause even

more asylum seekers to give

up their cases.

“If they see this, if he gets

returned, people are going to

lose hope,” Barnard said.

Barnard was scheduled

to present another Migrant

Protection Protocols client’s

case to a judge Wednesday

afternoon for a decision on

the person’s asylum claim. If

Barnard wins again, that

person could end up in the

same position as Alec.

Morrissey writes for the San

Diego Union-Tribune.

Refugee may be returned to Mexico

ATTORNEYRobyn Barnard speaks Wednesday about her client who was granted asylum. The man will stay

in U.S. custody and may be returned to Mexico or go to a detention center while the decision is appealed.

San Diego Union-Tribune

Though granted

asylum, man will be

held by DHS while

U.S. possibly appeals.

By Kate Morrissey