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A massive shift in favor of fairness at the Olympics as men are officially banned from competing in women s sports. President Trump holds a cabinet meeting, the war in Iran and how it relates to domestic policy, a major case before the Supreme Court this week with immigration and asylum implications, and relief is coming to TSA workers and to America. All that and more coming up in just a moment on Your AM Update.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Friday, March 27th, 2026, and this is your AM
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Update. The scientific evidence is very clear. Male chromosomes give performance advantages in
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sports that rely on strength, power, or endurance. A massive shift in favor of fairness at the
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Olympics, as men are officially banned from competing in women's sports. Hallelujah.
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We have to stop him from blowing up the world, blowing up the Middle East and blowing up our
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country. And we did that. President Trump holds a Newsy cabinet meeting, the war in Iran and how
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it relates to domestic policy, a primary focus. A major case before the U.S. Supreme Court this
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week with immigration and asylum implications. We'll break down all the angles and relief is
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coming to TSA workers and to America. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.
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The International Olympic Committee, or IOC, announcing Thursday that its official new policy
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prohibits men from competing in women's sports. The rule kicks in before the upcoming Los Angeles
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Summer Olympics in 2028. But it's not retroactive, meaning medals and results from previous Olympics
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will not be disturbed. The policy is clear, quote, for all disciplines on the sports program of an
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IOC event, including individual and team sports, eligibility for any female category is limited
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to biological females, unquote. Wow. The number of people and the amount of work that went in
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to getting that reversal is unbelievable. Here's IOC President Kirstie Coventry,
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herself a two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming for her native Zimbabwe,
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announcing the new policy. Today, we, the International Olympic Committee,
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have published a policy on the protection of the female category. I understand that this is
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a very sensitive topic. As a former athlete, I passionately believe in the rights of all
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olympians to take part in fair competition the policy that we have announced is based on science
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and it has been led by medical experts with the best interests of athletes at its heart
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the scientific evidence is very clear male chromosomes give performance advantages in
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sports that rely on strength power or endurance at the olympic games even the smallest margins
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can be the difference between victory and defeat so it's absolutely clear that it would not be fair
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for biological males to compete in the female category.
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In addition, in some sports, it would simply not be safe.
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Every athlete must be treated with dignity and respect,
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and athletes will only need to be screened once in their lifetime.
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when this sort of scientific and rational statement
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Eligibility to compete as a female athlete in the Olympics
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IOC President Coventry recognizing the new policy's importance
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about the rules ahead of the 2028 Summer Games.
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The IOC recognizes the importance of widespread participation
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However, the Olympic Games has a focus on elite sport
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And in elite sport, we must ensure the fairness, safety and integrity of all competitions within the games.
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I know that there will be many questions and the IOC will work with all of our stakeholders to address these over the coming months.
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Publication of the policy is just one step in the process.
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The new policy is consistent with President Trump's February 2025 executive order entitled
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President Trump weighing in on True Social, taking a victory lap.
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Quote, congratulations to the IOC on their decision to ban men from women's sports.
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This is only happening because of my powerful executive order standing up for women and girls.
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As a reminder, here is the historic moment on February 5th, last year, right after he
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was sworn in, when Mr. Trump signed that order, giving us that iconic image of dozens of young
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female athletes surrounding the president as he signed the policy into effect.
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With this executive order, the war on women's sports is over.
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I'm going to sign the executive order right now, and everything I said will go into effect
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You know, if you'd like to gather around me, I think I'm going to be okay.
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Prior to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, only three so-called top-tier sports,
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track and field, swimming, and cycling, had a ban on males who identified as females
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Last year, Coventry becoming the first female elected as IOC president.
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According to the Associated Press, female eligibility was a major theme during last
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election, and in June, Coventry set up a review of protecting the female category. The issue
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coming to a head in female boxing during the 2024 Olympics, two individuals, Lin Yoting of
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Chinese Taipei and Emain Khalif of Algeria, won gold in the female categories after having
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previously been ruled ineligible to compete as women by the International Boxing Association.
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World Boxing, a separate organization, cleared Lin to return to international competition earlier this week
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after completing a review of Lin's gender eligibility, according to Reuters.
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Khalif reportedly told a French outlet that he has the SRY gene located on the Y chromosome,
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which is found in biological males and which would make him ineligible under the IOC's new rules,
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Though he added, quote, I have taken hormone treatments to lower my testosterone levels for competitions, end quote, his admission about his Y chromosome confirms he is biologically male.
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He told CNN last month that he would be willing to undergo genetic testing to compete in Los Angeles, saying, quote, they should protect women, but they need to pay attention that while protecting women, they shouldn't hurt other women.
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So, will Lynn and Khalif be allowed to compete in L.A.?
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President Trump Thursday making a surprise announcement about the war in Iran,
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writing on Truth Social that he is pausing, quote,
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energy plant destruction by 10 days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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Mr. Trump claiming the pause was due to a request from the Iranian government
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because, quote, talks are ongoing and despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the fake
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news media and others, they are going very well. The president's optimistic tone about a diplomatic
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solution coming in the face of numerous reports that the U.S. is strongly considering a ground
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invasion of Iran, which would be a dramatic escalation. The Times of Israel reporting
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yesterday that an official mediating between the U.S. and Iran says President Trump appears to be
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leaning toward a major ground operation with the belief that the military pressure will cause the
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Iranian government to give in to the U.S.'s demands. Late yesterday, the Wall Street Journal
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reporting that Mr. Trump is considering sending another 10,000 ground troops to the Middle East
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in or near Iran, including infantry and armored vehicles. This would be in addition to the 5,000
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he has already dispatched to the region. Reuters-Ipsos polling from one week ago showing
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just 7% of the American people support a major ground invasion. Axios reporting that President
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Trump is weighing several, quote, final blow options against Iran, sending ground troops and
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also possibly a massive bombing campaign. President Trump at a cabinet meeting yesterday
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framing the military operation as a success so far, claiming the Iranians want to make a deal.
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So we estimated it would take approximately four to six weeks to achieve our mission. 26 days in,
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we're extremely, really a lot ahead of schedule. The Iranian regime is now admitting to itself
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that they have been decisively defeated. They're saying to people, this is a disaster. They know
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that's why they're talking to us they're only they wouldn't talk otherwise but they're talking
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to us because they've got a disaster in their hands they're defeated they can't make a comeback
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we're free to roam over their cities and towns and destroy all of their crazy nuclear weapons and
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missiles and drones that they're building oh we're doing that they now have a chance to make a deal
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but that's up to them and they'll tell you we're not negotiating we will not negotiate of course
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are negotiated. They've been obliterated. Who wouldn't negotiate? They are begging to make a
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deal. Dropsite News reporting yesterday that a senior Iranian official tells the outlet
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Mr. Trump's claim is not true. Quote, we have not submitted any request regarding potential
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U.S. attacks. The president also indicating he's ready to get back to domestic priorities,
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declaring this conflict will end soon. We're slashing regulations and investment is pouring
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in from all over the world. We have the most investment of any country in history has been
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put into our country in the last year. And again, we had to take a little detour. It won't be long.
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It's going to end soon. We had to take a little detour, go to Iran, and we had to put out a fire,
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very dangerous fire that could have blown up big portions of the world, if not the whole thing.
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The latest Fox News poll shows the president's numbers on the war are falling. 58 percent now
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say they oppose the war. 64 percent disapprove of Mr. Trump's handling of it. Very few Democrats,
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just 12 percent, support the war. 28 percent of independents do. GOP support remains higher,
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but the party is somewhat divided. 77 percent of Republicans say they back the war. 90 percent of
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MAGA voters back it, just 52 percent of non-MAGA voters do. The war continuing to have a major
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effect on energy prices, oil selling at over $105 a barrel, gas prices now at an average of $3.98 a
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gallon, according to AAA, a full dollar higher than they were a month ago. Bloomberg reporting
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the Trump administration is studying what oil prices that reach as high as $200 a barrel would
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due to the economy. Yikes. It's part of an effort to prepare for all possible scenarios in the
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conflict. A White House spokesperson denying that report and Mr. Trump yesterday saying the war's
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impact on energy prices actually has not been as dramatic as he expected so far. So as we end
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threats to America abroad, we're focused here at home on building the greatest economy in the
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of the world. Now, before this started, the Dow hit 50,000. The S&P hit 7,000. Both of
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those achievements were not achievable. Every one of you, most of you, I guess, said you'll
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never hit 50,000 during a four-year period because it was too high a number. Well, we
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hit it in our first year. And I said, well, now we have to take an excursion to Iran and
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we have to stop this maniac who's no longer with us, the supreme leader, wasn't so supreme,
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no longer with us. It's very sad. But we have to stop him from blowing up the world,
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blowing up the Middle East, and blowing up our country. And we did that. And I thought, frankly,
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I thought the oil prices would go up more, and I thought the stock market would go down more.
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Vice President J.D. Vance, believed to be a skeptic on military intervention in Iran,
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making the case that the war has made it far harder for Iran to ever obtain a nuclear weapon.
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The Iranian conventional military is effectively destroyed.
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They don't have the ability to hit us like they could have even a few weeks ago.
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And what that does is that gives us options, Mr. President.
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Now, there's been a lot of reporting about diplomatic options, about negotiations.
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But what we have now that we didn't have when the president took over just a little over a year ago
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is the ability to use every tool at our disposal to ensure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon.
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Because when I say options, I think it's important the American people know options for what?
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And it's options to ensure that Iran never has a nuclear weapon.
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You talk about people who walk into a crowded supermarket and have a vest on,
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and they blow up the vest and a couple of people get killed and that's a terrible tragedy.
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What happens when what's on the vest is not something that can kill a couple of people
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but can kill many, many tens of thousands of people.
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That is the most important American national security objective that exists for any administration at any time
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is you don't want the worst people in the world to have a nuclear weapon.
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Coming up, the U.S. Supreme Court hearing a case this week that could impact President Trump's border policy
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and affect the way immigrants claim asylum when they arrive in the United States.
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a federal immigration policy that allows officials to turn back asylum seekers before they reach the
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U.S.-Mexico border. After roughly 80 minutes of questioning, the justices appearing inclined to
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side with the Trump administration, according to SCOTUSblog, a respected court-tracking website.
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At the center of the case, when does someone actually gain the legal right to seek asylum
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in the U.S.? Under federal law, migrants can apply for asylum if they are physically present
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in the United States or when they initially arrive here. Typically, migrants arriving at
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a legal point of entry, like an airport or a border checkpoint, can tell the officer they
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would like to seek asylum, triggering the formal inspection and screening process.
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About 10 years ago, a border checkpoint near San Diego began experiencing a large influx of
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Haitian immigrants seeking asylum. To handle the flow, Customs and Border Protection officials
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implementing a policy called metering. Agents stationed along the U.S.-Mexico border began
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turning back migrants without valid travel documents, including asylum seekers, prior
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to their entrance into America. The Trump administration later expanding this policy
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nationwide. In 2017, immigrant rights group Al Otrolado and 13 asylum seekers sued the
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government over the metering policy, that case winding its way through the courts all the way
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up to the U.S. Supreme Court this week. Arguing for the government, assistant to the Solicitor
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General Vivek Suri, saying the issue comes down to a simple geographic line. If you're still in
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Mexico, you do not yet have the right to claim asylum in America. Respondent's position is that
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when Congress said arrives in the United States, it meant stopped outside the United States.
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That theory is wrong for the simple reason that it defies the statutory text.
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You can't arrive in the United States while you're still standing in Mexico.
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But even if you see some ambiguity in the text, the Court's decision in SAIL should clinch the case for us.
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In SAIL, this Court determined that the protections of the Refugee Convention
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and the withholding of deportation statute do not extend to aliens outside the United States,
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And further, that it is entirely lawful for the executive branch to prevent aliens from
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reaching U.S. soil and claiming those protections. Representing the asylum seekers,
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attorney Kelsey Corcoran arguing the policy breaks with decades of precedent and undermines
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the asylum system. For decades, poor officers followed the statutory procedures designated by
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Congress for inspecting and processing arriving asylum seekers. It was not until 2016 that the
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government asserted for the first time that it can wholly avoid these mandatory duties simply by
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blocking asylum seekers just as they are about to step over the port threshold. Petitioner's theory
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of the statutory text isolates the word in at the expense of making the rest of the statute
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nonsensical. By petitioner's account, the phrase arrives in the United States has no meaning,
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not already covered by present in the United States. Arrives means already arrived, and
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amendments that Congress intended to encourage non-citizens to lawfully seek admission,
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in fact, did the opposite, permitting border officers to effectively eliminate access to
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asylum at ports. Several conservative justices appearing skeptical of that argument, focusing
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on the legal distinction between being at the country versus in the country. Justice Amy Coney
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Barrett questioning what qualifies as actually arriving in the U.S. and Justice Samuel Alito
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I mean, what if there's a queue and they're far back
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Could you say that someone arrives in the United States
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what is the magic thing or the dispositive thing
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that we're looking for where we say, ah, now that person we can say arrives in the United States.
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Do you think there is no difference between arriving at a location and arriving in the
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location? Does a person arrive in the house when the person is not in the house and is knocking
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at the door asking to be admitted to the house? Yes, I think here the door is open. The officer
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is standing on the other side of the threshold. Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson raising
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concerns about how the policy plays out in practice, suggesting it could reward illegal
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entry over lawful behavior. Imagine a polite asylum seeker who wants to do everything by
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the book. He approaches the border, but does not cross precisely because the law says you are not
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supposed to enter the United States without authority. Why on earth would Congress have
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intended or meant for his asylum request to be discarded, not taken seriously, not entertained,
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but someone who manages to enter the United States unlawfully when the law says you're not
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supposed to do it and requests asylum gets their application entertained. That doesn't seem to me
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to make any sense that if we're trying to think about what arriving in means. Surrey responding
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that Congress deliberately created two separate systems, one for migrants outside the U.S. and
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another for those already inside, with asylum protections only kicking in after crossing that
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threshold. We spoke to chief legal affairs officer at the America First Policy Institute,
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Leanne O'Neill, about this case. O'Neill saying the justices' questions exposed a major flaw
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in the asylum seeker's argument. I thought that it was a little bit precarious. You know, one of the
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quotes that came from her in the case, in her exchange with Justice Alito, for example,
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he was raising the point that Katajima Jackson and Justice Sotomayor were sort of confusing the
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terms arrive in and arrive at. And he called them out for siding with that attorney. And it was a
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little bit of an interesting exchange because he made the point, you know, if you walk up to my
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house and you're at the threshold, you haven't arrived in my house. In contrast, the attorney
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representing the other side said, well, here it's an open door. And, you know, the question is
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whether you're preventing me from coming in or not. And I think that that really kind of illustrated
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where so many of the justices thinking was on this. And I am not optimistic that her
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reasoning will hold up there. O'Neill telling us the government's argument by contrast was
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far more straightforward. I thought that the government made its case very clearly and it was
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very strong. I mean, I think that really the most illustrative kind of quote that came from the
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government in the case was, you know, if I'm still in Mexico, then I haven't arrived in the United
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States. And to any reasonable person who understands language, that is an entirely true
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statement and cannot be disputed. As for how this case could come down, O'Neill predicts
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a familiar split at the court. It seems like it's probably going to split along the typical
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kind of 6-3 lines that we've seen in so many cases. But I do think that there is the possibility
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of it being even stronger, more strongly in favor with a 7-2. So we'll just have to see. I hate
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predicting how the justices will rule because that's a tricky business to be in. But I definitely
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feel very confident that the government will win this one. An opinion is expected by late June.
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A breakthrough, sort of, in the fight over whether to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
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Democrats refusing to authorize funding, demanding reforms to ICE, a division of DHS,
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first. TSA, another part of DHS, running out of money, with some 50,000 officers working without
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pay for two pay periods, leading some 500 agents to quit, many others to call out,
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and to bedlam at the nation's airports. President Trump late yesterday with a solution,
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declaring a national emergency, which allows him to bypass Congress and okay the TSA funds,
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The president writing on True Social that he, quote,
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and to quickly stop the Democrat chaos at the airports.
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Congress is leaving later today for a two-week Easter break.
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And with no deal on DHS funding, TSA workers and travelers,
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we're looking at an ongoing rough start to spring. Senate Majority Leader John Thune saying
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the president's announcement takes the pressure off negotiations, at least for now.
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And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megyn Kelly. Join me back here for the MK Show,
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