The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration on Thursday in a dispute over an immigration policy critical to combating migrant surges at America’s southern border. The decision was 6-3, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson in the dissent.
Known as Mullin v. Alt Otro Lado, the case centers around a previously used border policy called “metering,” which involves U.S. immigration officials turning away asylum seekers before they reach the U.S.-Mexico border. The left-wing Alt Otro Lado and a group of asylum seekers challenged the policy under the Immigration and Nationality Act, which authorizes an individual who “arrives in the United States” to apply for asylum status and undergo examination by U.S. border officials.
