Supreme Court to Decide Whether Asylum Seekers Can Apply for Asylum at the Border

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on March 24 in a case to decide whether the government is required to allow asylum seekers to apply for asylum before they’ve crossed the border.

The case, Noem v. Al Otro Lado, questions when a person has “arrived” in the United States for the purposes of a federal law that 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.