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  1. January 09, 2025

    9th Circ. To Vote On Rehearing Asylum 'Metering' Case

    A Ninth Circuit judge has called for a vote on whether the full court should rehear a split panel decision that border officials are required under federal immigration law to inspect asylum-seekers at the southern border.

  2. October 23, 2024

    Split 9th Circ. Says Asylum 'Metering' Policy Flouts US Law

    A split Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday said federal immigration law requires U.S. officials to inspect asylum-seekers at the border, rejecting the Biden administration's argument that noncitizens must be physically standing on U.S soil to claim asylum.

  3. January 18, 2024

    Feds Tell 9th Circ. Migrants Must Be In US To Claim Asylum

    The Biden administration has insisted to the Ninth Circuit that border officers aren't required by law to inspect asylum-seekers who are at the border, but have not yet set foot on U.S. soil.

  4. November 28, 2023

    9th Circ. Judge Sees Nothing To Prevent Border 'Turnback'

    A Ninth Circuit judge aggressively questioned an attorney for asylum-seekers who are challenging the Biden administration's stance that it is not obligated to process asylum-seekers turned away at the border as they are not yet on U.S. soil, telling her no case in "history" supports her position.

  5. March 31, 2023

    Asylum Protections Don't Apply Outside US, Feds Tell 9th Circ.

    The Biden administration pressed the Ninth Circuit to overturn a federal judge's ruling that its so-called "turnback" policy is illegal, saying the order rests on the incorrect premise that U.S. asylum protections cover people outside the country.

  6. March 01, 2023

    Border Officials Must Process Asylum-Seekers, 9th Circ. Told

    Immigration law professors urged the Ninth Circuit to reject the Biden administration's argument that U.S. asylum law applies only to migrants present on U.S. soil, saying the government can't turn asylum-seekers away based on capacity.

  7. February 23, 2023

    Asylum Seekers Say DHS Can't Justify 'Turnback' Policy

    A class of asylum seekers, who convinced a lower court that an unwritten Trump-era policy rejecting them at the Southern Border was unconstitutional, urged the Ninth Circuit to have the lower court scrutinize the government's justification for turning them away.