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10. Next up is Mullin v. Al Otro Lado. The vote is 6-3.

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Amy Howe
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Today at 10:08 AM
Next up is Mullin v. Al Otro Lado.
The vote is 6-3.
This case challenges the federal government’s policy of systematically turning back asylum seekers before they reach the U.S.-Mexico border. The Ninth Circuit held that noncitizens who were turned away before they could enter the U.S. had “arrived in” the United States for purposes of federal immigration law and therefore could apply for asylum.
Zachary Shemtob
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Today at 10:08 AM
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5_86qd.pdf
Amy Howe
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Today at 10:08 AM
The court reverses the Ninth Circuit.
Alito calls the question "straightforward."

Amy Howe
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Today at 10:12 AM
The Sotomayor dissent is 35 pages -- almost twice as long as the Alito majority opinion.

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