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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Supreme Court\u00a0\u00a0Thursday for the Trump administration to potentially revive an immigration policy once used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n

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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\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n

Advocates said the tactic created a humanitarian crisis as thousands of people settled in unsafe\u00a0makeshift shelters\u00a0to await their turn. The Trump administration said it was necessary to deal with an increase of asylum seekers at the border.<\/p>\n

The policy\u00a0isn\u2019t in place now, though authorities have imposed other restrictions on asylum seekers. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.<\/p>\n

The administration argued that metering is a critical tool that\u2019s been used by presidents of both parties and should stay available. Federal attorneys say people turned away at the border could come back later, though lines were thousands of people long when the policy was in place before.<\/p>\n

The case is one of several immigration suits is considering this term, including Trump\u2019s push to end restrict birthright citizenship. The high court also\u00a0allowed his administration\u00a0to end deportation for migrants fleeing instability and armed conflict on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Under federal law, migrants who arrive in the U.S. must be able to apply for asylum and be screened for fear of persecution in their home countries.<\/p>\n

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The Justice Department argued that people stopped by authorities haven\u2019t arrived in the country, so immigration agents don\u2019t have to let them apply.<\/p>\n

The court\u2019s conservative majority agreed. \u201cA guest does not arrive in a house when he knocks on the front door,\u201d Justice Samuel Alito wrote.<\/p>\n

But attorneys for people seeking asylum say the law has long meant anyone arriving at a port of entry should be screened, and blocking arrivals disregards the nation\u2019s ideals.<\/p>\n

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the bench, saying that the majority\u2019s opinion \u201cregrettably and tragically extinguishes the light of the torch of the Statue of Liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In an unusual exchange, Alito voiced a response after she finished speaking. He expressed surprise that she had read her dissent out loud and defended his opinion by pointing out that the policy had been used during two presidential administrations. \u201cI won\u2019t add anything more to that,\u201d Alito said.<\/p>\n

Metering was first used under President Barack Obama when large numbers of Haitians appeared at the main crossing to San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico. It was expanded to all border crossings from Mexico during Trump\u2019s first term in the White House.<\/p>\n

It ended in 2020 when the government introduced greater restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, and President Joe Biden formally rescinded it in 2021.<\/p>\n

The same year, a California-based federal judge found that metering violated the asylum seekers rights and the law requiring screening. A divided appeals court panel affirmed the ruling but nearly half of judges on the full San Francisco-based court voted to rehear it, a strong signal that might have caught the attention of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

The group Democracy Forward first brought the case, and condemned Thursday\u2019s ruling. \u201cWe are disappointed in the Court\u2019s decision and call on all Americans to demand that our government protect the families the Court today decided to keep in harm\u2019s way,\u201d said President and CEO Skye Perryman.<\/p>\n

U.S. law allows people seeking refuge to apply for asylum once they are on American soil, regardless of whether they came legally. To qualify for asylum, they must show a fear of persecution in their homeland for specific reasons, like race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion.<\/p>\n

People who are eventually granted asylum can\u2019t be deported. They can legally work, bring in immediate family, apply for legal residency and seek citizenship.<\/p>\n

Associated Press writers Fatima Hussein and Rebecca Santana contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n

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