Biden asks Supreme Court to drop Trump’s immigration cases

Published February 2, 2021 2:59pm ET



As President Biden prepares to sign an executive order on immigration, his administration asked the Supreme Court to drop two Trump-era immigration cases awaiting arguments.

The cases concerned the funding of the Mexican border wall as well as former President Donald Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which allowed the Department of Homeland Security to prevent non-Mexican asylum seekers from crossing the border. The court is scheduled to hear the cases in February and March, respectively.

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