U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
The Supreme Court has agreed it will look at the fight over the wild number of asylum claims at the nation’s southern border and whether the president can impose limits.
Under the administration of Joe Biden, millions of foreigners simply arrived at the border, claimed asylum and then were allowed into the United States.
President Donald Trump put limits on those numbers, but activists sued, claiming his restrictions weren’t allowed. A lower court agreed, but now the Supreme Court will have the final say.
It was a panel of the leftist U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that said foreigners have rights to make those applications to be in America.
A report from the Hill said the case is one of the court’s highest-profile confrontations with Trump’s policies.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer called the policy Trump’s “main tool” for stopping illegal crossings.
He said, “And as several high-ranking government officials have explained, if allowed to take effect, the order below threatens to open the floodgates to illegal entry, once again overwhelming the system and rendering the southern border vulnerable to the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and other contraband and enabling cartels to re-establish control.”
Trump, on his first day in office, declared the southern border was being invaded and simply denied asylum applications.
The report noted, “Asylum — a pathway for those fleeing persecution and danger to seek refuge in the U.S. — has become an increasingly common claim by those crossing between ports of entry.”
It was the American Civil Liberties Union and others who took up the cause of those foreigners demanding entry and sued Trump.
A judge appointed by Barack Obama blocked the orders and now it’s pending at the high court.
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[ H/T WorldNetDaily ]
