Supreme Court backs Trump on stricter asylum rules

According to Axios, the Supreme Court ruled that asylum seekers waiting in Mexico who haven't yet crossed into the United States can be turned away at the southern border without processing their cases. The decision validates a Border Patrol practice called metering, which limits how many asylum seekers can be processed when ports of entry are at capacity. In the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that someone hasn't truly arrived in the United States simply by attempting to cross the border. The policy first emerged in twenty sixteen under the Obama administration, was expanded under Trump's first term, and was blocked during the Biden administration. This ruling allows it to resume.

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