Split U.S. High Court: Noncitizens Must Be On U.S. Soil For Inspection Processing

( June 25, 2026, 12:17 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A noncitizen is not considered to have “arriv[ed] in the United States” under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) unless he or she is over the border in the United States, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 25 in a class case over a now-rescinded border metering policy....