On the recordJune 26, 2026
The consequences of today’s decision are predictable. More people will die.
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huffpost.comThe consequences of today’s decision are predictable. More people will die.
Dissenting opinion on asylum-seekers ruling
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It also corrodes the rule of law by rewarding Alabama’s gamesmanship and outright defiance of court orders.
The point, however, is not that illegal entry always produces a net windfall for asylum seekers; it is that Congress was unlikely to devise a system in which asylum is available to those who unlawfully set foot over the border, but not to…
This Court has previously recognized that immigration statutes and procedures should not be construed to ‘create a perverse incentive to enter at an unlawful rather than a lawful location. Yet, the majority’s construction does exactly that.