The policy turned away asylum seekers before they set foot in the United States.
The Supreme Court announced it would consider the legality of a currently-rescinded immigration policy that refuses entry to noncitizens seeking asylum in the U.S. The policy was used before the pandemic, then rescinded in 2021.
Federal law allows noncitizens to apply for asylum once they “arrive” in the United States. “In ordinary English, a person ‘arrives in’ a country only when he comes within its borders,” Solicitor General John Sauer wrote in court filings. “An alien thus does not ‘arrive in’ the United States while he is still in Mexico.”
The policy of denying asylum claims by non-entrants until space opens to process them is more than a decade old, having begun at the border of Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, California. President Trump’s first administration expanded the policy to all border crossings.
The Justice Department appealed to the high court after lower courts ruled against the policy.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For wisdom for the justices of the Supreme Court as they consider cases that challenge the interpretation of immigration law by President Trump’s administration.
- For Chief Justice Roberts to seek God’s direction as he presides over the Supreme Court.
- For the Lord’s protection over the men and women serving in border patrol and federal immigration law enforcement.
Sources: AP News, MSN, The Hill, USA Today
