US EditionUS Supreme Court to weigh Trump's power to limit asylum processing
The Supreme Court considers whether migrants stopped on the Mexican side must be processed for asylum, with up to 680 people daily affected by the disputed metering policy, officials said.
- The US Supreme Court will hear a case regarding President Trump's policy of 'metering' that allowed officials to turn away asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border when processing capacities were limited.
- The legal dispute centers on whether asylum seekers stopped on the Mexican side of the border have 'arrived' in the US, as federal law requires all arrivals to be inspected.
- The Trump administration argues asylum seekers have not 'arrived' until entering US territory, while an appeals court ruled they must be inspected even before crossing the border.
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Listen live: Supreme Court hears asylum case amid DHS shakeup
The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning will weigh the legality of asylum claims from migrants who have not physically crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. President Trump has defended an immigration policy known as “metering,” which dates back to the Obama administration and was rescinded under former President Biden. Under the measure, border officials would turn back…
DOJ accuses courts of undercutting executive power in high-stakes Supreme Court border case
The DOJ will argue that lower courts are undermining the federal government’s ability to manage the southern border in a closely watched Supreme Court case about how migrants make asylum claims.
Supreme Court to scrutinize former policy of turning away asylum seekers at southern border
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider the legality of a policy championed by President Donald Trump during his first term that prevented scores of migrants arriving at the southern border from starting the process of applying for asylum.
Supreme Court to consider when asylum-seekers have arrived in the US
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a key border policy case over whether migrants at the border can seek asylum from the Mexican side if they are stopped from reaching U.S. soil to make their claim. The first-term Trump administration’s formalized “metering” policy at the border to prevent migrant surges from overwhelming federal immigration officials is at the center of the case Noem v. Al Otro Lado. While the second term of the T…
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Asylum Seekers Can Apply for Asylum at the Border
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on March 24 in a case to decide whether the government is required to allow asylum seekers to apply for asylum before they’ve crossed the border. The case, Noem v. Al Otro Lado, questions when a person has “arrived” in the United States for the purposes of a federal law that says that “any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States … may apply for asylu…
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