⁍ The justices will hear a Trump administration appeal of a 2019 lower court ruling that found the policy likely violated federal immigration law.

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⁍ The program, called Migrant Protection Protocols, remains in effect because the Supreme Court in March put the lower court’s decision to block the policy on hold.

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⁍ Restricting both illegal and legal immigration has been a central theme of Trump’s presidency.

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– The Supreme Court will rule on the legality of a Trump administration policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico instead of entering the US, Reuters reports. The justices on Monday agreed to hear an appeal of a 2019 lower court ruling that found the policy likely violated federal immigration law. The program, called Migrant Protection Protocols, remains in effect because the Supreme Court in March put the lower court’s decision to block the policy on hold while the legal battle continues. The Republican president has said the “remain in Mexico” policy, which took effect in January 2019, has reduced the flow of migrants from Central America into the United States. The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in February partially upheld that ruling. The Supreme Court then put the injunction on hold, allowing the Trump administration to continue to carry out the asylum policy. Migrants in the program, many of them children, have faced violence and homelessness in Mexico while awaiting court dates. Human rights groups have documented cases of kidnappings, rapes, and assaults.