Supreme Court Agrees to Review Policy of Rejecting Asylum Seekers in Mexico

A federal appeals court previously ruled that an asylum seeker stopped on the Mexican side of the border should be considered to have arrived in the U.S.

The Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 17 agreed to review an Obama-era policy that allowed border officials to reject asylum seekers before they arrived in the United States.

The Trump administration is appealing a lower court’s ruling that the policy, known as “metering,” which lets U.S. immigration officials decline to process claims of asylum seekers at the border, runs afoul of federal law.