Supreme Court hands Biden victory, allows end to 'Remain in Mexico' policy
Fox News
The Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security does not have to continue the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, after lower courts ruled that it did.
At issue was whether the Department of Homeland Security's suspension and subsequent termination of the policy violated a federal law that requires that migrants be detained or, if they arrived from a contiguous country, sent back.
The key statute is 8 U.S.C. Section 1225, part of which says someone applying for admission "shall be detained for a proceeding" unless they are "clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to be admitted," and part of which says if they are from a contiguous territory like Mexico, "the Attorney General may return the alien to that territory" as they await a hearing.