The Supreme Court in DC.AFP via Getty Images
© AFP via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court in DC.
President Joe Biden's administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to cancel upcoming oral arguments and delay further action in two pending appeals that were filed by his Republican predecessor Donald Trump over U.S.-Mexico border wall funding and the so-called "remain in Mexico" asylum policy.

The court is scheduled to hear arguments in the two cases on Feb. 22 and March 1, respectively.

The Biden administration has already announced plans to discontinue construction of the border wall and suspend the asylum program. That action potentially makes the cases moot.