"The US supreme court agreed on Monday to hear a defense by the Trump administration of the government's authority to limit the processing of asylum claims at ports of entry along the US-Mexico border. The court took up the administration's appeal of a lower court's determination that the metering policy, under which US immigration officials could stop asylum seekers at the border and decline to process their claims, violated federal law."
"Under US law, a migrant who arrives in the United States may apply for asylum and must be inspected by a federal immigration official. The legal issue in the case is whether asylum seekers who are stopped on the Mexican side of the border have arrived in the US. US immigration officials began turning away asylum seekers at the border in 2016 under former president Barack Obama amid a surge in migration numbers."
The case concerns the metering policy that allowed US officials to stop asylum seekers at ports of entry and decline to process their claims. The policy began in 2016, was formalized in 2018, and was rescinded in 2021. A lower court held that the policy violated federal law that any non‑US citizen who arrives may apply for asylum. The Trump administration appealed, asserting the case is not moot and that metering could be reinstated if border conditions change. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal and may issue a decision by the end of June.
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