The Supreme Court on June 25 ruled that the government can turn away asylum-seekers at the border, clarifying a law that requires immigrants to be inspected when they arrive in the United States.
“This case presents a straightforward question: whether an alien who seeks to enter the United States from Mexico ‘arrives in the United States’ when he or she is still in Mexico,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote on behalf of the majority.
“In the decision below, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit answered ‘yes.’ That is wrong.”
The decision was 6–3, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Elena Kagan dissenting….
Supreme Court Rules Asylum Seekers May Be Turned Away at the Border
