Current Events > Supreme Court rules in favor of, and expands, Biden's powers over immigration

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The Biden administration can terminate a controversial Trump-era policy that required asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while claims are processed, the Supreme Court has ruled.

In a 5-4 decision, the conservative-majority court sided with Biden against Texas and Missouri, ruling that the Biden administration didn't violate proper administrative procedure in rescinding the policy, formerly known as the Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP.
In an opinion for the majority, Justice John Roberts wrote that the administration's repeal of the policy "did not violate" immigration law.

Additionally, the court found that lower courts do not have the power to tell the government what tools or methods it can use to control immigration - essentially giving the president broad power to set US immigration policy.