BThe Supreme Court just handed the White House two big wins on immigration, both by the same six-three line.
BThat's the pair on Haiti and Syria TPS, plus asylum metering.
BRight. An X account calling itself Xi Znping calls it a double victory for Trump.
BThe court lifted lower-court orders blocking the TPS terminations.
BAnd upheld metering — limiting how many can enter to ask for asylum each day.
BSix-three, not close.
BThe post leads with Haiti. The ruling also covered Syria. TPS is temporary by design.
BTemporary, yes. Not a permanent resettlement program.
BBut ending it sends people back to countries in crisis. I can't cheer that.
BHaiti and Syria are both in rough shape. I get the humanitarian concern.
BSo "temporary" becomes a euphemism for "not our problem anymore."
BNo — it's the law. Congress set TPS to end. The executive can stop it.
BThe law doesn't erase the consequence. People have lived here for years, raised kids, worked—
BThen Congress should fix it. The court shouldn't rewrite the statute because the outcome is hard.
BI'm not saying the court got the law wrong. I'm saying the policy is cruel. Different things.
BFair. And I'd argue the cruelty is letting temporary become permanent, then acting surprised.
BWe disagree on what's cruel. But the legal part is real — a major win for this White House.
BAnd it'll play in every campaign ad.
BWatch the metering piece. That's the quiet change that matters most.
BMetering over TPS? Really?
BTPS gets headlines. Metering changes the daily border math — fewer people can even make a claim.
BAnd the other side says that's the point: order at the border.
BOrder for whom? Fleeing a gang or a war? Being told to wait isn't order.
BIt's a legal process. Asylum isn't automatic. You make a claim, it gets heard.
BIf you can survive the wait. That's what the lower courts worried about.
BBut the Supreme Court said the policy is lawful. Now it's on Congress.
BIt's also on voters. That's what the post is celebrating.
BYeah. This will define the next two years.
BDifferent corner of the migration fight: Spain.
BTRT Afrika posted on X that Spain returned over a dozen migrants from Ceuta to Morocco.
BTurned down for asylum first, according to that report. And the first such return since July's mass crossing.
BWe couldn't independently confirm the numbers. If the report holds, that's a shift.
BWhy a shift now?
BBecause Ceuta is politically explosive. Even returns under existing agreements can set off a crisis.
BAnd these were rejected asylum seekers. Europe keeps saying it wants faster returns. Spain is reportedly doing it.
BThe tension: where do they go? Back to Morocco, which doesn't want to be Europe's waiting room.
BMorocco has its own pressures. You can't push people back and call it solved.
BBut Spain's argument is they're rejected asylum seekers, not refugees. Legal difference.
BLegal again. The law says they can be returned. The question is whether the system was fair.
BThat's a bigger fight than one enclave. The EU is watching.
BCeuta and Melilla are the pressure points.
BEvery time Spain moves, Morocco has leverage.
BA reminder that Europe's border is in North Africa, not just the Mediterranean.
BFor now, Spain's sending a message: rejections will be enforced.
BAnd the counter-message will come from those who say fleeing isn't a game.
BNo easy answer. Which is why it keeps coming back.