The Supreme Court says the U.S. can turn away asylum seekers at the border

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(NPR) The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed the Trump administration a tool that could make it far more difficult for asylum seekers to enter the United States.

Asylum is a form of legal protection available to people fleeing persecution in their home countries if they meet certain criteria. Under U.S. law, an asylum seeker who "arrives in" the U.S. is entitled to apply for asylum and generally cannot be removed from the country until their asylum application is processed.

By a 6-3 vote, the high court ruled that federal law allows the government to stop asylum seekers from physically setting foot in the country, effectively keeping them from applying for asylum.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/25/nx-s1-5838860/supreme-court-asylum-policy

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1. Unless they're South Africans of Afrikaner ethnicity seeking asylum from "government-sponsored discrimination

and persecution." Trump offers a fast-tracked refugee program prioritizing white asylum seekers, he even has "white nationalist goodie bags for Afrikaner refugees."

(MS NOW) "When white South African refugees enter the United States in the coming weeks, they reportedly can expect a special treat: a gift bag containing an Android tablet, copies of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, and an American flag. Oh, and one more perk: literature that argues white people in South Africa and the U.S. are victims of discrimination — and that the U.S. Civil Rights Movement was misguided."

"That’s the plan that’s being finalized in the Trump administration, according to a new story from The New York Times, which cites government documents and an official familiar with the matter, and observes that welcome gifts of this kind are 'unusual.' These welcome bags are a brazen expression of white nationalism. And remarkably, they represent the White House doing exactly what MAGA conspiracy theorists love to (ludicrously) accuse the left of trying to do: Use immigration policy to boost its political fortunes."

https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-south-africa-refugees-welcome-bags-white-nationalism-racism