Biden Administration, 2 States, Urge SCOTUS to Move Forward With ‘Remain in Mexico’ Case

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer checks immigration documents as a Honduran asylum seeker arrives at the international bridge from Mexico to the United States next to the border town of Matamoros, Mexico, on Dec. 9, 2019. John Moore/Getty Images

Both the Biden administration and two states opposing it in high-stakes litigation told the Supreme Court that it has the power to decide the central legal questions in a case about the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program that requires non-Mexican asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico for processing.

Texas and Missouri argue in Biden v. Texas, court file 21-954, that President Joe Biden is breaking the law by ending the program.