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“America’s doors are completely closed to asylum seekers,” Miller told reporters. According to him, the administration has devised a “simple and elegant solution”: if a person seeks asylum in the U.S., the authorities will work to have that person accepted by a third country.
The statement came after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration on two key immigration policy issues at once. As Meduza notes, citing The Washington Post, these rulings significantly expand the White House’s ability to restrict humanitarian protection and expedite deportation proceedings.
The first ruling allows the administration to rescind Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Haitian nationals and more than 6,000 Syrian citizens, many of whom have been living and working in the U.S. for years. In addition, the Supreme Court’s ruling could affect the status of about 1.3 million foreign nationals currently enrolled in the TPS program. Some of them have already had their status revoked but are challenging those decisions in court.
The second ruling allows the administration to once again impose restrictions at the border with Mexico, which would significantly reduce the number of migrants permitted to file asylum claims within a single day.
Immigration policy remains one of the key priorities of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. Following his return to the White House in January 2025, the administration significantly expanded the powers of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), stepping up raids and deportations of undocumented migrants. These measures have sparked numerous legal challenges and criticism from human rights organizations.
According to estimates by U.S. media outlets and immigration law experts, the Supreme Court’s recent rulings could represent one of the most significant changes to the U.S. asylum system in recent decades, as they significantly expand the executive branch’s authority in the area of immigration policy.
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