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Blood, law, and borders are about to collide in the nation\u2019s highest court. A little-known policy, once used to push desperate families back into danger, is now at the center of a constitutional knife fight. The stakes: who truly controls America\u2019s border\u2014and who gets left to di\u2026 Continues\u2026<\/p>\n
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The Supreme Court\u2019s decision to revisit the \u201cmetering\u201d policy forces the country to confront a brutal question: is turning people away at the gate a matter of lawful discretion, or an illegal betrayal of asylum obligations? Trump-era officials argue that the Constitution leaves border control to elected branches, warning that the Ninth Circuit\u2019s ruling strips Congress and the executive of vital authority. Migrants, backed by advocates, counter that the government used metering as a physical wall against the very right to ask for protection, abandoning families to kidnapping, assault, and death just steps from U.S. soil.<\/p>\n
Though Biden formally ended metering and later revoked Trump\u2019s transit ban, the legal battle outlived the policies themselves. A certified class of asylum seekers, once rejected, now stands on the verge of restored claims\u2014unless the Court reverses course. Whatever the outcome, this ruling will define not only the limits of executive power, but the moral line America is willing to draw at its own front door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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