Washington DC: The Trump administration on Thursday welcomed a series of US Supreme Court rulings on immigration, including a decision allowing officials to turn away migrants seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border before they enter the United States.
In a post on X, Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin described the rulings as major victories for immigration enforcement.
The three rulings from the Supreme Court this week are all victories for enforcing our nation’s immigration laws.
They include barring aliens from applying for asylum if they haven’t set foot in the United States, making it easier to remove lawful permanent residents who commit… https://t.co/lvlLrYLRJL
— Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) June 25, 2026
“The three rulings from the Supreme Court this week are all victories for enforcing our nation’s immigration laws,” Mullin wrote.
He said the decisions include barring migrants from applying for asylum if they have not set foot in the United States, making it easier to remove lawful permanent residents convicted of crimes, and reaffirming that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was intended to be temporary and can be revoked when appropriate.
“These decisions give us the tools we need to continue securing our nation,” he added.
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche also welcomed the rulings, saying the Supreme Court had upheld the administration’s authority to terminate TPS protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian nationals.
Today the Supreme Court upheld the Trump Administration’s clear authority to terminate Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian nationals.
The Department of Justice successfully defended the position that TPS was always meant to be temporary.…
— Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) June 25, 2026
“The Department of Justice successfully defended the position that TPS was always meant to be temporary,” Blanche said in a post on X. “This ruling rejects efforts to turn the program into a loophole abused by illegal aliens to remain in the United States.”
He added that the Justice Department was proud of its efforts to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda of strengthening border security and upholding the rule of law.
According to the New York Post, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration can enforce a policy known as “metering,” which allows border officials to limit the number of migrants permitted to seek asylum at ports of entry each day.
Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito said, “In ordinary speech, no one would say that a person ‘arrives in’ a place for example, a house, a city, or a country — before the person enters that place.”
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson hailed the decision as “a tremendous win for the Trump Administration, the rule of law, and common sense.”
