(CNN) The Supreme Court will consider a major case Monday concerning the rights of some asylum seekers to challenge their expedited removal.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to reverse an opinion of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that would allow some individuals who have been denied asylum the opportunity to make a claim in federal court. If the opinion stands, it could open the courthouse doors to more asylum seekers.

The dispute comes as President Donald Trump has made immigration enforcement and restrictions on asylum claims a centerpiece of his agenda. Just last week, the same federal appeals court ruled against Trump's so called "remain in Mexico" policy, which required non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their asylum cases were being considered. The court's opinion is currently on hold.

At the center of the case is Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, a native citizen of Sri Lanka and a member of an ethnic minority group. Upon illegally entering the United States, he was arrested 25 yards north of the Mexican border and placed in expedited removal proceedings. He applied for asylum out of fear of persecution in Sri Lanka. An asylum officer determined he had not established a credible fear of persecution. A supervising officer and an immigration judge affirmed the decision. Under the law, after the denial, Thuraissigiam was ineligible to challenge the finding in federal court. He was placed in expedited removal -- a proceeding that allows the government to deport an individual deemed inadmissible with no further review.

Thuraissigiam's lawyers at the ACLU went to federal district court arguing that the expedited removal violated his constitutional rights. A district court said that the law did not authorize the court to hear his claims. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed, but said that the law violates a part of the Constitution, the Suspension Clause, which would allow Thuraissigiam, even as a noncitizen, to have a "meaningful opportunity" to demonstrate that he is being held against the law.

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