Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to revive restrictive policy for asylum seekers

Key Points:

• The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump-era immigration policy known as "metering," which limited the number of asylum seekers who could apply daily at the U.S.-Mexico border, to potentially be reinstated.
• The policy, first used under Obama and expanded under Trump, faced criticism for creating humanitarian crises with migrants waiting in unsafe conditions, but the administration argued it was necessary to manage high asylum seeker volumes.
• The Court's conservative majority held that migrants waiting outside the border have not "arrived" in the U.S. and therefore do not have a legal right to apply for asylum immediately, a position strongly opposed by dissenting justices.
• The ruling comes amid several immigration-related cases before the Court, including challenges to birthright citizenship and protections for migrants fleeing violence, and reverses a lower court decision that had blocked metering as unlawful.
• Advocates condemned the decision for endangering vulnerable families, emphasizing that U.S. law allows asylum applications by anyone physically present on American soil who fears persecution, regardless of their manner of entry.