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The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Trump’s order suspending asylum access at the southern border.
The Trump administration is asking the court to restore the restrictions, which lower courts ruled unlawful. The order remains in effect while the Supreme Court considers the case.
What the reports agree on
- The Supreme Court agreed to consider the Trump administration’s challenge to the asylum restrictions. PBS NewsHour, CBS News, The Hill, Guardian World
- Lower courts ruled that the restrictions were unlawful. PBS NewsHour, CBS News, The Hill, Guardian World
- The restrictions remain in effect during the legal challenge. PBS NewsHour, CBS News, Guardian World
- The administration argues it can deny asylum claims covered by the order without accepting applications it expects to reject. PBS NewsHour, Guardian World
- Federal law allows people who fear persecution in their home countries to seek asylum, regardless of how they entered the United States. PBS NewsHour, Guardian World
Reported by one outlet
- Three nonprofit groups and 13 people filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the directive and its implementation guidance. CBS News
- The Supreme Court is expected to issue decisions in the cases by the end of June or early July. CBS News
- ACLU and National Immigrant Justice Center attorneys said border crossings were already falling before Trump took office. PBS NewsHour
The original reports
- Guardian World US supreme court agrees to consider Trump’s ban on asylum at US-Mexico border
- PBS NewsHour Supreme Court will consider Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border
- CBS News Supreme Court takes up case over asylum access at border
- The Hill Supreme Court will decide if Trump’s asylum restrictions are legal