Mullin v. Al Otro Lado · ¶116

Here, both §§ 1225(a)(1) and 1158(a)(1) set out two categories of individuals: those “present in the United States” and those who “arriv[e] in the United States.” §§ 1158(a)(1), 1225(a)(1). When, like in §§ 1225(a)(1) and 1158(a)(1), two clauses are set off by a disjunctive “or,” this Court has recognized that “ `the words it connects are to be given separate meanings' ” and that the latter clause should not be construed as “a mere subset of [the] first.” Loughrin v. United States, 573 U. S. 351, 357 (2014).

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