Washington (CNN) The Supreme Court's order Wednesday allowing new asylum restrictions to go into effect marks a significant win for President Donald Trump, who's faced several legal challenges in his attempt to implement a hard-line immigration agenda -- and could embolden him on other related issues, such as the upcoming refugee ceiling.

The administration has rolled out policies aiming to curb the flow of migrants coming to the US-Mexico border following a steep uptick in border arrests in recent months. Wednesday's decision allows the administration to move forward with a rule that limits asylum for some and in effect, send thousands of Central American migrants back to Mexico to apply for asylum.

Less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court's order, acting US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli reflected on the slew of lawsuits that have challenged the administration's policies during an interview with Axios' Mike Allen Thursday morning, saying that it's "sort of a joke in the office" when a policy will get sued following its rollout.

When pressed by Allen on why the administration pushes forward policies it knows it'll get sued for, Cuccinelli quipped, "because we're right."

"One, we're implementing the President's policies. He's made it very clear from day one, frankly before day one, when he was campaigning, that he intended to be forceful and aggressive in this space from a policy standpoint," Cuccinelli said.

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