SCOTUS Queries Lawyers in ‘Remain in Mexico’ Case About What Powers the Court Has

A week after oral arguments, the high court wants submissions on its remedial authority

A bus leaves a closed border facility as migrants subject to a Trump-era asylum restriction program were expected to begin entry into the United States at the San Ysidro border crossing with Mexico, in San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 19, 2021. Mike Blake/Reuters

A week after hearing oral arguments in two states’ challenge to President Joe Biden’s push to dissolve the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program that requires non-Mexican asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico for processing, the Supreme Court asked both sides to provide more briefing on its remedial powers.

Texas and Missouri argue that Biden is breaking the law by ending the program.