Michelle Friedland
United States Circuit Court Judge
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To ‘arrive’ means ‘to reach a destination,’
- wrote Judge Michelle FriedlandLos Angeles Timeslatimes.com/politics/story…
The phrase ‘physically present in the United States’ encompasses noncitizens within our borders, and the phrase ‘arrives in the United States’ encompasses those who encounter officials at the border, whichever side of the border they are standing on,
- Judge Michelle Friedland wrote in the majority decisionCNNcnn.com/2026/03…
Earlier
US Supreme Court backs Trump on turning away asylum seekers at border
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…Major decisions impacting asylum seekers and humanitarian protections for Haitians and Syrians could have far-reaching consequences for immigrants and their families
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Justices Seem Open to Allowing Trump to Block Some Asylum Seekers
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/03…The justices heard arguments in a legal dispute involving a policy called “metering” that the Republican president’s administration may seek to revive after it was dropped by Trump’s Democratic predecessor Joe Biden in 2021
South China Morning Postscmp.com/news/world…