Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump to Limit Asylum Seekers

Friday, June 26, 2026

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for the Trump administration to potentially revive an immigration policy once used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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NEW from me for @immcouncil.org's blog. Today the Supreme Court issued two major decisions in immigration cases, on Temporary Protected States and on "turn-backs" of asylum seekers at the border. Here's a top-level summary of what you need to know: www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/supreme ...

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-- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 3:57 PM Â· Jun 25, 2026

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www.nytimes.com

"The court's 6-to-3 decision, divided along ideological lines, clears a path for the potential deportation of 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians, and it is likely to have implications for T.P.S. holders from about a dozen other countries."

Looks like 350,000 Hatians are on their way to the homeland...

#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-06-25 03:26 PM | Reply

Looks like 350,000 Hatians are on their way to the homeland...
#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Any guesses on the economic impact of firing ~200,000 workers?

I bet you think it's a net positive, right?

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-25 03:30 PM | Reply

Looks like 350,000 Hatians are on their way to the homeland...
#1 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

Yay? Congratulations?

How you get any enjoyment or a sense of pride from cruelty to others is beyond my comprehension.

Hate found a place in your heart and made itself a home.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-25 03:33 PM | Reply

"How you get any enjoyment or a sense of pride from cruelty to others is beyond my comprehension."

^
It's called racism. Same reason he hates gays.
Blacks and gays are his enemies, therefore their loss is his gain. At least, that's how it works in his mind.

He engages in politics the same way a sports fan watches their favorite team. When they win, he's happy. When they lose, he's sad. Whatever lives might hang in the balance are irrelevant.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-25 03:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

How you get any enjoyment or a sense of pride from cruelty to others is beyond my comprehension.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-25 03:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

A lot of things are beyond your comprehension. You sit here and bitch almost every day that the government doesn't do enough for the people of this country, then open your arms for every Ton, Dick and Harry to walk right in and take a piece of what's left. These people didn't pay for a dime of the resources we have and shouldn't be able to take advantage of them.

BTW, I guess you missed this in the posted article

"The justices, in a 6-3 decision, overturned a lower court order blocking the practice that limited the number of people who could apply for asylum each day, first under the Obama administration and then expanded during President Donald Trump's first term."

Who knew Obama was full of hate?

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-06-25 04:29 PM | Reply

These people didn't pay for a dime of the resources we have and shouldn't be able to take advantage of them.

Immigrants are some of the hardest working members of society.

The largest portion of people in American living off of welfare are poor white people who have been here for generations and feel like they're owed something because their ancestors got kicked out of Europe.

Immigrants are the life blood of America.

Without them this nation wouldn't be anything.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-25 04:48 PM | Reply

"These people didn't pay for a dime of the resources we have"

Look up the term "sweat equity" and get back to us.

And remind us ... who gets the overpayments into the Social Security system???

#7 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-06-25 04:54 PM | Reply

How you get any enjoyment or a sense of pride from cruelty to others is beyond my comprehension.
#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-25 03:33 PM
A lot of things are beyond your comprehension. You sit here and bitch almost every day that the government doesn't do enough for the people of this country, then open your arms for every Ton, Dick and Harry to walk right in and take a piece of what's left. These people didn't pay for a dime of the resources we have and shouldn't be able to take advantage of them.
BTW, I guess you missed this in the posted article
"The justices, in a 6-3 decision, overturned a lower court order blocking the practice that limited the number of people who could apply for asylum each day, first under the Obama administration and then expanded during President Donald Trump's first term."
Who knew Obama was full of hate?
#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-06-25 04:29 PM

Cool story. Now do "data centers".

#8 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-06-25 05:08 PM | Reply

"These people didn't pay for a dime of the resources we have"

What a dumb comment.
How much did you pay to be born American?
Not one thin dime.

Refugees get jobs and contribute to the tax base like anyone else. Not sure why that's so hard for you to admit, because you know it's true.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-25 05:31 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

---- the data centers. Don't like them either. Next?

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-06-25 05:38 PM | Reply

via GIPHY

#11 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-06-25 07:04 PM | Reply

How much did you pay to be born American?
Not one thin dime.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-25 05:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

How much did his parents pay? Those child birth hospital bills were something.

Not your point, I'm just bitching. Then it's right back to work. In some EU countries they make the father take a maternity leave, and that's a great idea.

#12 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-06-26 02:48 PM | Reply

Ahhhh, Fartfister, why did you post the pedophile's photo? That's right, you actively support a credibly accused pedophile. Just like Blondie, Blanche, Crash and the rest of the least competent cabinet in history you too are a pedophile protector. I will vote for whichever Democratic POTUS candidate runs on rebalancing this corrupt SCOTUS. The Six Reichwing sycophants are nothing more than political actors. They have overturned settled law time and again to support an adjudicated rapist and credibly accused pedophile. If the Dems get the legislative and and executive branches of government in 2029, nothing they do to un#uck what the demented diaper dumper has done will stand up to the Reichwing politicians on SCOTUS.

#13 | Posted by _Gunslinger_ at 2026-06-26 06:59 PM | Reply

One of the decision was based upon a technicality in the wording of the law.

Supreme Court opens door for Trump to restart border turnback policy
courthousenews.com

... According to the conservative majority, the proposition "in" means within the limits, bounds or area of. Therefore, Alito said, a person arrives in a geographic location only when he enters it. ...

It seems the Trump admin interpretation of the wording of the law is that, if the Trump admin prevents an asylum seeker from crossing the border, then that asylum seeker does not fulfill the wording of the law that the asylum seeker has to be "in" the Country.

And the conservative majority of SCOTUS agreed.

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-26 07:08 PM | Reply