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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe United States Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to requests from the Biden administration to put off arguments in two cases involving the U.S.-Mexico border wall and asylum-seekers because President Joe Biden has taken steps to change Trump administration policies that had been challenged in court.
The justices issued a brief order canceling arguments that had been set for the coming weeks. The Biden administration asked the court to do so earlier this week.
The court had been scheduled to hear arguments on Feb. 22 in a case over President Donald Trump’s decision to divert billions of dollars in taxpayer money to construction of portions of a wall along the border with Mexico.
Biden ordered a pause in construction and rescinded the national emergency that Trump declared to facilitate the transfer of money to the border.
The court also put off arguments that were to take place on March 1 over the Trump policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings.
Biden has suspended the so-called “remain in Mexico” policy for new arrivals and ordered a review.
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