In Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a significant victory to President Donald Trump, ruling 6-3 that the federal government has the authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem border crossings too overburdened. The conservative-majority court overturned a lower court’s finding that the so-called “metering” policy violated federal law.
The ruling allows immigration officials to indefinitely decline to process asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border — a policy that the Trump administration has said it may revive after it was dropped under President Biden. It was one of two immigration-related decisions issued the same day that sided with the administration, signaling the court’s continued deference to executive power on border enforcement.
