Justices side with Trump administration in border dispute over asylum seekers (opens in new tab)

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the federal government’s policy of systematically turning back asylum seekers before they can reach the U\.S\.-Mexico border\. By a vote of 6-3, the justices agreed with the Trump administration in Mullin v\. Al Otro Lado that the policy, which was adopted a decade ago as a response to a surge in the number of Haitian immigrants seeking asylum outside San Diego, does not violate a federal law that permits noncitizens to apply for asylum when they “arrive\[...