Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will 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 U.S.-Mexico border.
Why it matters: Trump's administration has repeatedly asked the Supreme Court this year to allow it to proceed with policies that lower courts have impeded after casting doubt on their legality. Read more about the case here.
Context: The court took up the administration's appeal of a lower court's determination that the "metering" policy, under which U.S. immigration officials could stop asylum seekers at the border and decline to process their claims, violated federal law. The policy was rescinded by former President Joe Biden, but Trump's administration has indicated it would consider resuming it. The metering policy is separate from the sweeping ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border that Trump issued after returning to the presidency on January 20. That policy also faces an ongoing legal challenge.
Who: Vivek Suri, assistant to the Solicitor General, for the petitioners; Kelsi Corkran of Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection for the respondents.
