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Supreme Court Weighs Whether US Can Turn Back Asylum Seekers at the Border

The Supreme Court held Thursday that, for the purposes of federal immigration law, asylum seekers do not arrive in the United States until they physically cross the border, meaning that the government can turn them away before they cross the border to claim asylum.

The case of Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, formerly Noem v. Al Otro Lado, covered whether the government can systematically turn back asylum seekers before they reach the U.S. border. The court ruled that noncitizens can apply for asylum when they are “physically present in the United States” or when they “arrive in the United States.” 

The Trump administration argued the refusal policy is a........

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