Immigration
Jun. 26, 2026
High court limits asylum rights at U.S.-Mexico border
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that migrants turned away while still in Mexico cannot invoke federal asylum laws, giving the federal government broader authority to regulate access to ports of entry and reversing a 9th Circuit decision that blocked the former "metering" policy.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that asylum seekers who are turned away while standing on the Mexican side of a port of entry cannot invoke federal laws governing immigration inspection and asylum until they physically cross into the United States, reversing a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that had blocked the government's former "metering" policy.
The 6-3 decision resolves a yearslong dispute over whether migrants who present themselves at border ...
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