The new case seeks to clarify the immigration laws and resolve an issue that has divided past administrations and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Supreme Court will review Noem v. Al Otro Lado, the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court ruling that the metering policy, under which officials turned away or delayed asylum seekers at ports of entry,

Urias-Orellana v. Bondi is not a case name that history will remember in the way it does Roe v. Wade or Obergefell v. Hodges. The question presented to the Supreme Court is narrow and legalistic, but the facts demonstrate just how broken our asylum system is.

The Justice Department said border officials must be able to turn away asylum seekers during surges. Lower courts said that's against the law.

At question is the use of "metering," in which officers turn back asylum seekers on the Mexico side of the border without granting a screening or hearing.