TRUMP TRIUMPH: Supreme Court Allows Immigration Officials to Turn Away Asylum Seekers at Border

Victory for Trump.

Supreme Court allows immigration officials to turn away asylum seekers at the border

By Josh Gerstein, Politico, June 25, 2026:

U.S. immigration officials can turn away asylum seekers at the Mexican border, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices greenlit a “metering” policy devised under the Obama administration and expanded during President Donald Trump’s first term, under which Customs and Border Protection agents posted on bridges between Mexico and the U.S. turned back many asylum seekers.

The high court’s ruling overturned lower-court decisions that found Congress intended to permit any immigrant approaching a border checkpoint to file for asylum.

The challenged policy was officially rescinded by the Biden administration in 2021, but most asylum seekers at