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THE WASHINGTON TIMES 

Where’s the U.S. border? Trump asks Supreme Court to decide

Men seeking asylum, including Peruvians, line up as they wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico nearby, on April 25, 2024, in Boulevard, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE** more > 

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, July 15, 2025 


Close counts only in horseshoes and hand grenades — and now the U.S. border, where the Trump administration is battling to unravel a court decision that could rewrite the definition of a national boundary. 

The Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to take up a case on asylum claims where a lower court ruled that being near the U.S.-Mexico border is as good as being on American soil. 

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which regularly delivers surprising immigration rulings, said migrants “on the United States’ doorstep” but still in Mexico have, at least for legal purposes, arrived in the United States and must be given a chance to claim asylum. 

Solicitor General D. John Sauer called that a “serious error” and begged the justices to correct it. He said the decision allowed courts to meddle in border decisions that are best left to Congress and the president.

Rosemary Jenks, policy director at the Immigration Accountability Project, was more pointed in her assessment of the 9th Circuit’s decision.

 “The whole idea that you don’t have to get into the United States to get into the United States is stupid,” she said. 

The case arose from the Department of Homeland Security’s border “metering” policy, which began under President Obama in 2016. It set a per-day maximum on unauthorized migrants who could show up at a land crossing between the U.S. and Mexico to demand asylum. 

Once the daily limit was reached, Customs and Border Protection officers would block other migrants from reaching U.S. soil. The goal was to prevent migrants from overwhelming the system. 

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