Overview
- The Supreme Court’s 6–3 rulings this week let the government deny asylum to people who remain in Mexico while seeking entry by ruling they do not “arrive” in the United States, a decision that permits re‑implementing so‑called metering where officials refuse inspection before migrants cross the border.
- The justices held that choices by the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate or terminate Temporary Protected Status are not subject to judicial review, a legal barrier that clears the way for the administration to resume ending TPS for nations the government has targeted.
- About 1.3 million people from 17 countries could now face loss of work authorization and protection from deportation if DHS completes planned terminations, including roughly 350,000 Haitians and about 6,000 Syrians who were named in recent challenges.
- A separate decision lets border officers place some lawful permanent residents under parole at reentry, which treats them as applicants for admission and allows the government to move more quickly into removal proceedings without the usual admission finding.
- Immediate steps by DHS are now legally enabled while lower courts may still hear narrow procedural claims and Congress remains the primary route to restore or enshrine protections; city leaders, advocates and some lawmakers have pledged local support and legislative efforts in response.