(The Center Square) – Asylum seekers who arrive at the border are not entitled to entry and the Department of Homeland Security has broad authority over the temporary protected status program, the nation’s highest court ruled in two separate cases Thursday.
In Mullin V. Al Otro Lado, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed cases that had been brought on behalf of asylum seekers who had been turned away at the border. The plaintiffs argued that under the Immigration and Nationality Act and other U.S. and international law, the asylum seekers were entitled to entry into the U.S. and application for admission through/under asylum.
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