Supreme Court will decide if Trump’s asylum restrictions are legal

1What happened

The Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear the Trump administration’s case to revive the president’s asylum restrictions at the southern border, issued on Inauguration Day and since ruled illegal by lower courts. The Hill ↗

2What’s next

The case, set to be heard this term with a decision expected by summer, will mark one of the court’s highest-profile confrontations... The Hill ↗

3Also reported

The Trump administration is asking the justices to overturn lower court decisions that found it was illegal to block asylum applications following an executive order that called the situation at the southern border an “invasion.” PBS News ↗

Sources

• Supreme Court will decide if Trump’s asylum restrictions are legal ↗The Hill
• Supreme Court will consider Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border ↗PBS News
• Supreme Court takes up case over asylum access at border ↗CBS News
• Supreme Court to rule on Trump’s asylum ban ↗NBC News
• Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Trump Proclamation Eliminating Asylum ↗ACLU of DC