Supreme Court Seems Doubtful of Asylum-Seeker Claims

A majority of the Supreme Court seemed skeptical on March 24 about the claim that immigrants who are turned away at the border have actually “arrived in” the United States. A group of 13 asylum seekers filed suit in 2017 to challenge a policy called “metering,” in which border agents, primarily at U.S. ports of entry, turn away asylum seekers to avoid overcrowding of border facilities. A federal law says that “Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States … may apply for asylum,” regardless of legal status. “Do you think someone who comes to the front door of a house and knocks at the door has arrived in the house?” Justice Samuel Alito asked immigrants’ attorney Kelsi Brown Corkran....