Mullin v. Al Otro Lado · ¶132

This Court has previously recognized that immigration statutes and procedures should not be construed to “create a perverse incentive to enter at an unlawful rather than a lawful location.” Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam, 591 U. S. 103, 140 (2020). Yet, the majority’s construction does exactly that: It tells asylum seekers that they may apply for asylum if they can make it across the border illegally but that they cannot apply if they patiently wait at the edge of a port of entry.

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