The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a major border-security win Thursday, ruling 6, 3 that the federal government can turn back asylum seekers at the U.S., Mexico border before they physically step onto American soil. The decision reverses the Ninth Circuit, revives the legal foundation for “metering,” and settles a question that has divided courts for nearly a decade: does walking up to a port of entry make you an arrival?
The answer, Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the conservative majority, is no.
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