Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on legal fight over the "Remain in Mexico" border policy

The Supreme Court on Friday said it would weigh in on a legal battle between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" border policy, which was reinstated in a limited fashion in December due to a lower court order.

Granting a request by the Justice Department, the high court agreed to hold oral arguments in April on a lawsuit filed by Texas and Missouri that required the Biden administration to reverse its decision to end the "Remain in Mexico" protocols, which require migrants to wait for their asylum hearings outside of the U.S.

The case is part of a broader legal feud between the federal government and Texas, which has filed multiple lawsuits seeking to block immigration policies enacted under President Biden, a Democrat who denounced the Trump administration's border policy as draconian and inhumane.