Source: Reuters
The rule that requires migrants to apply for asylum in “the first safe country” they arrive in before they are allowed to apply in the United States will now be enforced nationwide.
Because many asylum-seekers are from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, “the first safe country” for them would be Mexico. The rule will essentially bar immigrants from applying for asylum at the southern border.
After a battle between the Ninth Circuit and California District Court Judge, Jon Tigar, the Supreme Court held that the rule “should remain in place until the underlying legality of the rule is determined at trial.”
Ken Cuccinelli, the director of USCIS tweeted that it will be “implementing the asylum rule ASAP.” @USCISCuccinelli.