The Supreme Court agreed to consider President Trump's executive order that suspends asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border. The order—issued on Inauguration Day 2025—was blocked by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which ruled that federal immigration law gives people the right to apply for asylum at the border and that the president cannot circumvent that right. The Supreme Court will hear arguments next year, with a ruling expected by early summer. In a related case, the Court is also considering the "metering" practice used to limit asylum processing at official ports of entry.
The Trump administration has made restricting asylum a pillar of its immigration crackdown, arguing that border management requires limiting who can apply. Lower courts found the executive order and the related metering practice unlawful, setting up a high-stakes Supreme Court review that could reshape asylum law for years. The case will determine what constitutes "arrival in the United States"—a threshold question for whether someone can exercise the statutory right to apply for asylum.
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up President Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border, a key element of his immigration crackdown. The Court will hear arguments next year, with a ruling expected by early summer.
Protesters did disrupt House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at the Democrats' "What's Next" conference in Denver. AP reported activists stood up and began yelling, demanding action on a Green New Deal and an arms embargo against Israel; the audience booed them and chanted "Hakeem!" Fox News reported at least one protester calling Jeffries a "liar" and a "traitor" over impeachment demands—multiple protesters appear to have raised different grievances.
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BThe Supreme Court just agreed to take up the president's order suspending asylum at the southern border.
BThis is the one to watch. The Associated Press posted it on X.
BArguments next year, ruling expected by early summer. But the stakes are set now.
BThe order was signed on Inauguration Day, then blocked by a three-judge panel of the DC Circuit.
BThe panel said federal law gives the right to apply for asylum at the border. The president can't simply erase that.
BThe administration says border control means limiting who gets to apply. It's also asking the Court to revive metering.
BRight, the related case. The question is what counts as arrival in the United States.
BFox News puts it well: is arrival on US soil, or still on the Mexican side?
BThat sounds technical, but it decides whether someone can even ask for asylum.
BMy take—the asylum system is overwhelmed, and everyone knows it. The executive has to have tools.
BTools, sure. But the statute says people have a right to apply. An executive order cannot override Congress.
BSo we wait for Congress while the border stays broken? That's exactly why presidents step in.
BNo, no—the DC Circuit already said that's not how it works. Ignore asylum law, ignore any law.
BHe's not ignoring the law; he's interpreting arrival differently. That's a legitimate legal fight.
BInterpreting arrival so narrowly that almost nobody qualifies. That's not an interpretation, it's a rewrite.
BCome on. The first Trump term had a humanitarian crisis at the border. Courts didn't act fast enough.
BSome of those same advocates say metering created the crisis. That's not a reason to bring it back.
BI'm not saying it's pretty. I'm saying the president owns the border. If he's accountable, he needs authority.
BHe owns enforcing the law, not making it. That's my line.
BThe Court will draw that line next year. Some conservative justices already seemed open to the administration's argument.
BAP reported that during the metering arguments. But open to an argument isn't a ruling.
BI think this Court has been skeptical of lower courts second-guessing immigration enforcement.
BWe'll see. This could reshape asylum law for a generation.
BDifferent fight, different party. Fox News is reporting on X that Hakeem Jeffries got shouted down in Denver.
BAt the Democrats' "What's Next" gathering, no less. Activists stood up and started yelling.
BAP says the audience booed and chanted "Hakeem!" One called him a liar and traitor over impeachment.
BFox highlighted that. AP said they also demanded a Green New Deal and an arms embargo against Israel.
BSo the left is mad at its own leader about everything at once.
BThat's a party trying to figure out what it is after a loss.
BI think Jeffries is in a bind. Chase impeachment, and you energize the base but alienate swing voters.
BIgnore it, and you get called a traitor at your own conference.
BExactly. He's not an ideologue, he's a manager. But the base doesn't want a manager right now.
BThe conference is literally called "What's Next." That's almost too on the nose.
BIt writes itself.
BStill, this is the Democratic coalition in public. That's not nothing.
BIt's a preview of the primary fights coming.
BIf they're fighting this hard now, wait until candidates actually run.
BMeanwhile, a global Microsoft outage is still rolling into the afternoon.
BAl Jazeera English says on X that Outlook, Teams and Copilot were hit in at least seventy-four countries.
BMicrosoft says fixes are not going as expected. Businesses, governments, and health services are affected.
BWorkers are making jokes about the inbox break. But this is not a snow day when hospitals can't schedule.
BRight. One company's cloud goes down and whole systems go quiet. That's the vulnerability story.
BI'm not eager to regulate it, but resilience matters for health systems.
BThe market will punish the outage. But public safety needs a backup.
BThe real lesson is don't put every service in one basket.
BEvery IT department knows that; few get the budget to fix it.
BUntil the next outage makes the case for them.