Supreme Court takes up case over Trump effort to suspend asylum access at southern border

Updated on: November 13, 2026 / 2:15 PM EST / CBS News

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will take up a legal fight over President Trump's directive suspending access to the asylum system and other legal protections for migrants illegally crossing the southern border.

The case is the latest involving Mr. Trump's second-term immigration agenda that the Supreme Court will decide in the coming months. The justices are also considering the legality of removing migrants to third countries and indefinitely detaining immigrants in the U.S. illegally without access to a bond hearing.

A decision in the cases is expected by the end of June or early July.

Mr. Trump has made cracking down on immigration a cornerstone of his second term, which has seen enhanced enforcement operations in major U.S. cities and mass deportations of people in the U.S. illegally. Unlawful crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have reached historic lows and immigration detentions have set new highs under the president's second administration.

As part of his efforts to curb illegal immigration into the U.S., Mr. Trump issued a proclamation on his first day back in the White House claiming that there is an "invasion" at the…

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