Sotomayor Says 'More People Will Die' After Court Rules Against Asylum-Seekers ^33.1%

HuffPost - By Sebastian Murdock - 6/25/2026, 4:44 PM

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a blistering dissent Thursday in the court’s 6-3 ruling that strips legal rights from asylum-seekers. "The consequences of today’s decision are predictable," Sotomayor said from the bench. "More people will die." The case centered around a “metering” policy that began at the end of President... more