The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration’s request on Feb. 3 to cancel upcoming oral arguments over two legal challenges to former President Donald Trump’s signature immigration-related policies. The cases, now held in abeyance pending possible settlement discussions, dealt with the construction of a wall on the nation’s southern border to stem the flow of illegal aliens, and Trump’s policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are adjudicated. The Supreme Court had only agreed to hear the cases on Oct. 19, 2020, after the Trump administration sought a review of lower court decisions. Trump’s term in office ended Jan. 20. Since taking office, President Joe Biden has changed the executive branch’s priorities, moving away from the immigration law enforcement efforts favored by the previous administration. Hours after becoming president, Biden signed Presidential Proclamation 10142, in which he declared that “building a massive wall that spans the entire southern …