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The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to reject asylum seekers who request protection at the US-Mexico border without crossing into the US. The decision, supported by the conservative majority, reverses decades of practice that permitted migrants to claim asylum at ports of entry. Source: Milenio
The Court interpreted that migrants who remain in Mexico have not "arrived" in the US merely by attempting to enter, thus they are not entitled to asylum protections under federal law. Source: Diario Libre The ruling clears the way for the administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico to await hearings, a measure first used in 2016. Source: Infobae
On the same day, the Court also upheld the revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian immigrants, affecting roughly 360,000 people. Source: Milenio Together, these decisions underscore judicial support for President Trump's restrictive immigration agenda, with liberal justices dissenting in both cases. Source: Diario Libre
“El Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos permitió este jueves que la Administración de Donald Trump pueda rechazar a los solicitantes de asilo que lo pidan en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.”
“La sentencia, que se pronunció por seis votos a favor y tres en contra, con el voto disidente de los magistrados de tendencia liberal, allana el camino para que Trump reactive una polémica política destinada a reducir el número de migrantes”
“La mayoría conservadora del tribunal afirmó que los migrantes que se encuentran en México no 'llegan' por el simple hecho de 'intentar, sin éxito, entrar en este país'.”
US Supreme Court backs Trump on ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians