Based on reporting by The Philadelphia Inquirer and KSAT and AP and Reuters

Wire reporting: (AP, via The Philadelphia Inquirer)

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review President Donald Trump's executive order restricting asylum at the southern border, according to Associated Press reporting carried by The Philadelphia Inquirer and KSAT^1,2,4.

The administration is asking the justices to reverse lower-court rulings that found the order unlawful^1,2. Federal law provides a path to seek asylum for people who fear persecution, regardless of how they arrived, while also leaving grant-or-deny decisions to the executive branch^1,2.

Government lawyers argue the order can categorically deny asylum to covered migrants and that the government should not have to take applications they say are destined to be rejected, citing yearslong processing times they say previously contributed to releases while cases waited^1,2.

Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigrant Justice Center say crossings were already falling before Trump returned to office and that the order tries to wipe out protections for people fleeing danger^1,2. They argue grant decisions must be individual and that the president cannot stop people from applying^1,2.

The restriction was among immigration measures issued after Trump returned to office in 2025 and has remained in effect during the litigation^1,2. Reuters reported the court will weigh the restrictions; its full article was not retrieved here³.