Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber rejected on Monday night the request made by the Roraima government to close the state's border with Venezuela. The ruling came hours after a federal judge in that state ruled that local government could halt the inflow of Venezuelans seeking refuge in Brazil.
“It is not justifiable, because of the difficulties that refugee accommodations naturally brings, to start with the easiest solution to ‘close doors', which in hypothesis is equivalent, to ‘closing your eyes' and ‘crossing your arms',” said Justice Weber in her decision.
According to the Justice in addition to the absence of legal premises for issuing the injunction, the request of the Roraima government is also contrary ‘to the foundations of the Federal Constitution, Brazilian laws and treaties ratified by Brazil'.
The federal judge in Roraima, Helder Girão Barreto, justified his ruling by saying that ‘it is imperative to reject the idea that, in matters of immigration, the Union can do everything, and the states and municipalities must bear everything.”
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