US Supreme Court to decide on Trump ban on asylum claims at the border

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday granted the Trump administration’s request to decide whether the federal government can ban asylum claims at the southern border. One of President Donald Trump’s first proclamations he signed at the start of his second term was a ban on asylum claims at the southern border on the grounds that there was an “invasion,” which the administration argued was a condition that allowed the president to invoke a section of the law to suspend asylum claims. A federal judge found the policy unlawful, but decided to allow it to remain while litigation pursued. An appeals court upheld the lower court’s decision. The justices agreed to answer two questions, whether the proclamation that bans asylum is lawful and if a class action suit should be allowed. The case will be argued sometime during the coming months. This is the third major immigration-related case the high court has agreed to hear this term.

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