US EditionSupreme Court justices lean toward Trump in asylum-processing case
The Supreme Court weighs whether migrants stopped on the Mexico side must be processed for asylum, with over 150,000 attempts at U.S. border entry in 2016, court filings show.
- On Tuesday, March 24, 2026, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Noem v. Al Otro Lado, with conservative justices signaling openness to the Trump administration's 'metering' policy allowing officials to turn away asylum seekers at border ports of entry.
- Originally implemented in 2016 under President Barack Obama and formalized in 2018 by President Donald Trump, the metering policy allowed officials to deny asylum processing at ports of entry until President Joe Biden rescinded it in 2021.
- Vivek Suri, representing the Justice Department, argued the phrase 'arrives in' requires physical presence within U.S. borders, central to whether migrants stopped on the Mexican side qualify for asylum under federal law.
- Countering the government's stance, attorney Kelsi Corkran argued asylum seekers at the threshold of a port have arrived, while Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned the court's authority to rule on a policy not currently in effect.
- A ruling expected by late June could determine if the Trump administration can revive metering, a prospect critics warn would force asylum seekers back into danger, mirroring the MS St. Louis tragedy.
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Court considers reviving restrictive immigration asylum policy
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Supreme Court majority seems to back Trump policy turning away asylum-seekers at US border • Kentucky Lantern
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed split Tuesday on whether the Trump administration should be allowed to turn away asylum-seekers who present themselves at ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border. The question presented to the justices was whether migrants have to fully cross into the United States in order to have the right to apply for asylum and be pr…
Court appears likely to side with Trump administration on rights of asylum seekers
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to uphold the federal government’s policy of systematically turning back asylum seekers before they can reach the U.S. border with Mexico. During roughly 80 minutes of oral arguments in Noem v. Al Otro Lado, a majority of justices seemed to agree with the Trump administration that the policy does not violate a federal law allowing noncitizens to apply for asylum when they “arrive[] in the United State…
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