Sonia Sotomayor: “It does appear that the Supreme Court's docket has lessened over time, its decisions that it's addressing.”

The majority ignores that 'arrival' and 'arriving' in the immigration context have never focused on the precise location of a noncitizen’s feet.

The one thing that does appear to be clear going forward is that chaos will follow.

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.

In the end, to the Court, the facts do not matter, even though the consequences are serious.