Supreme Court to review controversial policy at US-Mexico border to limit asylum seekers

The Justice Department said border officials must be able to turn away asylum seekers during surges. Lower courts said that's against the law.

Supreme Court will review an old policy used to turn away asylum seekers at the US border

The Supreme Court has agreed to review a policy used under past administrations to deny migrants a chance to apply for asylum on the Mexican border until space opened up to process claims.

Supreme Court to review US government power to limit asylum processing

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a defense by President Donald Trump's administration of the government's authority to limit the processing of asylum claims at ports of entry along the U.

U.S. Supreme Court to weigh Trump border asylum policy

Justices agreed to review the case led by immigrant rights group Al Otro Lado, who urged the court to leave in place a 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal decision that said Trump's border approach was unconstitutional.
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Oregon National Guard troops in limbo following appeals court ruling, amid demobilization

Earlier on Wednesday, Gov. Tina Kotek announced the Oregon guard troops would be demobilized. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals put that on pause just over an hour later.

Dutch court upholds asylum denial for US transgender woman

A Dutch court has upheld the substance of a decision denying asylum to U.S. transgender woman Veronica Clifford-Carlos, the court said in a statement on Monday.

Texas appeals to U.S. Supreme Court after federal judges block newly drawn congressional map for next year's midterm elections

Hours after federal judges blocked Texas from using a newly drawn Congressional map, state leaders filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.
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