( January 7, 2026, 11:17 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Individuals stopped in Mexico before crossing into the United States can’t apply for asylum under 8 U.S. Code Section 1158(a)(1) or be inspected by immigration officers under 8 U.S. Code Section 1225(a), Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other federal government officials argue in their petitioner brief filed Jan. 6 in the U.S. Supreme Court in an appeal challenging a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that partially upheld a permanent injunction in a class case over a now-rescinded border metering policy....