Top Court Rejects Biden, Allows Revival of Trump Asylum Rule (2)

A divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Joe Biden on a contentious immigration issue, clearing the way for resumption of a Trump-era policy requiring asylum seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico for their cases to be processed.

In a one-paragraph order Tuesday, the high court left in force a lower court ruling that requires the Biden administration to restart the policy, which has forced almost 70,000 asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their applications are processed. Biden’s Department of Homeland Security rescinded the so-called “remain in Mexico” policy on June 1.

Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor ...