Ximena Bustillo

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260 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 9 Sep

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The NPR Politics Podcast · Trump's week in the courts – big wins and big losses · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

And so this administration is really hoping that a lot of the folks who are under this program leave.

The question was regarding a policy that is called metering.

Essentially, if someone comes near or to a port of entry, if Border Patrol agents can turn them away before they manage to cross.

And now keep in mind, currently, the ability to claim asylum at the southern border is very, very narrowed to only legal ports of entry.

And so this ruling...

essentially further limited that option by allowing border agents to turn people away before they have physically crossed into U.S.

land.

Basically, you have to already be in the country to do so.

And there are even limitations on that.

You can only claim asylum, I believe it's within a year of being in the country.

Yeah, I mean, the agency, being DHS, definitely celebrated these rulings with, you know, a top official at DHS even saying that these rulings give the administration more tools to secure the border.

And so they do see this as a way to get closer to that goal.

But I think to Mara's point, you know, there is a...

technical, legal, maybe even difference to the public between, you know, targeting the quote unquote worst of the worst, you know, people who did enter the country illegally and have committed crimes versus people who were actually given a permission to be here.

And we have seen this administration, you know, expand the scope of how it's narrowing.

It almost sounds like an oxymoron, but expand the scope of how it is narrowing the ability to

Yeah, and don't forget, Haitians have been in Donald Trump's sights for a long time.

Yeah, we're still waiting on that major decision regarding birthright citizenship.

And so that could continue to signal how the court is feeling about the Trump administration policies.

I think everyone's attention is going to be on that next week.

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