"In its 6-to-3 ruling, the court said noncitizens must fully cross the border to gain the right to apply for asylum. The court’s conservative majority said migr... (opens in new tab)

From (NYT).Here's the full opinion: . Excerpt from the majority opinion, written by Justice Alito:This case presents a straightforward question: whether an alien1 who seeks to enter the United States2 from Mexico “arrives in the United States” when he or she is still in Mexico. In the decision below, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit answered “yes.” That is wrong. In ordinary speech, no one would say that a person “arrives in” a place—for example, a house, a city, or a ...