Mullin v. Al Otro Lado · ¶121

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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