Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday blocked ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president's plan to crack down on migration at ...

The ruling could require the Trump administration to begin processing new applications from asylum seekers at the southern border. By Mattathias Schwartz One of President Trump’s key assertions of ...

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Trump’s effort to ban migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum, stating it ignored laws enacted by Congress. “Congress enacted the ...

Appellate panel finds president can’t circumvent laws that allow people to apply for asylum at the US-Mexico border Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox An ...

In this file photo, asylum seekers wait for news on their appointments with U.S. authorities before crossing through El Chaparral port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 20, 2025.

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s declaration of an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border to restrict entry was illegal, effectively clearing the way to reopen the ...

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A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to unilaterally bar migrants who cross the US-Mexico border from seeking asylum, teeing up a likely showdown over the ...

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court today ruled that President Trump’s Day 1 proclamation aimed at completely shutting down asylum at the border is unlawful. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ...