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The U.S. Supreme Court handed the Trump administration two wins on their immigration policy in the decisions issued on Thursday. <\/p>\n

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Noem v. Al Otro Lado<\/h3>\n

The first case hinges on the interpretation of U.S. Code 1157, which says an \u201calien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States\u201d has the right to apply for asylum.<\/p>\n

After an influx of Haitians came to the United States seeking asylum in 2016, the Obama administration adopted \u201ca practice that allowed CBP (Customs and Border Patrol) to prevent aliens without valid travel documents from entering the United States,\u201d called metering, per .<\/p>\n

In 2018, the first Trump administration formalized the policy in a memorandum that said CBP officers \u201c\u2018may elect to meter the flow of travelers\u2019 when appropriate to ensure \u2018security,\u2019 \u2018safe and sanitary conditions,\u2019 and \u2018orderly processing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Al Otro Lado, an immigrant rights group, and 13 asylum-seekers took the memorandum to court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled in favor of the immigration advocates.<\/p>\n

The federal government then appealed to the Supreme Court after the lower court declined to rehear the case.<\/p>\n

The core debate during oral arguments in March was how to interpret \u201carrives.\u201d The federal government argued that the language means a person needs to be physically within the boundaries of the United States, whereas the attorney for Al Otro Lado argued that \u201carrives in\u201d means at the country\u2019s points of entry.<\/p>\n

In , which was joined by the other justices in the conservative majority, Justice Samuel Alito said the question of the case is \u201cstraightforward\u201d and that \u201carrives\u201d in the context here should be interpreted as \u201can ordinary-meaning reading.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cA person arrives in a destination when he enters within its area\u2014not before. Everyday examples confirm that understanding. A running back does not arrive in the end zone when he reaches the 1-yard line. A guest does not arrive in a house when he knocks on the front door. An army does not arrive in a city by encamping outside its walls. And a letter does not arrive in a mailbox while it remains in the mail carrier\u2019s hand just inches away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion that was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n

She called the majority\u2019s opinion an \u201cillogical interpretation\u201d that is \u201cfixated\u201d on the word \u201cin.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\u201cThe majority ignores the statutory context and history, not to mention the longstanding position of the Executive Branch, all of which show that any noncitizen arriving at our doorstep and seeking admission must be inspected and allowed to apply for asylum, regardless of whether her foot has crossed the threshold,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBecause the Court today blesses the Executive Branch\u2019s decision to slam the door shut on all who are fleeing persecution, despite the detailed inspection and asylum system that Congress enacted and commands, I respectfully dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mullin v. Doe<\/h3>\n

The second immigration case the Supreme Court ruled on greenlit the federal government\u2019s ability to remove temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian refugees.<\/p>\n

In along ideological lines, the justices paused lower-court rulings that blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protected status, or TPS, for refugees from the two countries. <\/p>\n

Under former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Syria no longer met the conditions for TPS status in September of last year, and Haiti\u2019s was terminated in November. <\/p>\n

Seven Syrian nationals sued in the Southern District of New York, citing the Administrative Procedure Act to stop the termination, and five Haitian nationals sued in the District Court for the District of Columbia, also citing the APA, and accused the termination of violating their constitutional right to equal protection because it was motivated by race.<\/p>\n

The court held that the TPS statute explicitly says there is \u201cno judicial review\u201d of the DHS secretary\u2019s decision regarding the designation, extension, or termination of TPS for a country.<\/p>\n

The majority rejected the lower courts\u2019 reasoning that they could still review whether DHS followed proper procedures, such as adequately consulting other federal agencies. <\/p>\n

Alito said the TPS statute language \u201cis clear, and its plain meaning is very broad.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted the following on X after the ruling came out:<\/p>\n

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\u2014 USCIS (@USCIS) June 25, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In a dissenting opinion written by Kagan and joined by Sotomayor and Jackson, she wrote that \u201cboth sets of plaintiffs ask for only one thing: that they may stay in this country while they continue to litigate their claims. For all the reasons given, they are entitled to that relief, and should not instead be consigned to devastating, and indeed life-threatening, injury.\u201d<\/p>\n

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