Supreme Court Seems Sympathetic to Allowing Admin to Block Asylum Seekers at the Border

The immigrants’ attorneys argued that a person who presents himself at the border is legally entitled to file for asylum.

Migrants cross the Tijuana River and move toward the U.S. border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, on May 11, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court seemed poised on March 24 to accept the Trump administration’s argument that the government can block asylum seekers from requesting asylum at the border.

The argument hinges on whether these people have “arrived in” the United States.