Supreme Court Allows ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy to Continue

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer checks immigration documents as a Honduran asylum seeker arrives to 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

The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration can continue enforcing a policy that requires asylum applicants to wait in Mexico for their U.S. court hearings.

The order overturns a lower court decision that would have blocked the policy, at least for people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and California.