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Judges say Trump\u2019s order for swift removal at the border \u2018cast aside federal laws affording\u2019 right to seek asylum.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 24 Apr 2026<\/span>24 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump\u2019s ban on asylum applications in the United States is unlawful, dealing a setback to the administration\u2019s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n In a decision released on Friday, a three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, found that existing laws \u2014 namely the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) \u2014 give people the right to apply for asylum at the border.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Trump had issued the asylum ban in a proclamation on January 20, 2025, on the first day of his second term.<\/p>\n But the appeals court questioned whether suspending asylum unilaterally was within the president\u2019s power.<\/p>\n \u201cCongress did not intend to grant the Executive the expansive removal authority it asserts,\u201d the ruling said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Proclamation and Guidance are thus unlawful to the extent that they circumvent the INA\u2019s removal procedures and cast aside federal laws affording individuals the right to apply and be considered for asylum or withholding of removal protections.\u201d<\/p>\n The decision validated a ruling by a lower court. While the judges blocked Trump\u2019s order, it is unclear what its immediate impact will be. Already, the White House has signalled it plans to appeal.<\/p>\n Trump made immigration a major pillar of his 2024 re-election campaign, pledging to repel what he describes as an \u201cinvasion\u201d of migrants by shutting down the southern border of the US.<\/p>\n Asylum in the US can be granted to people facing \u201cpersecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group\u201d. Such protections have been recognised as a fundamental human right under international law.<\/p>\n But unauthorised border crossings reached record levels during the administration of President Joe Biden, which had itself imposed asylum restrictions.<\/p>\n Millions of migrants \u2014 many suffering from gang violence and political persecution in Central and South America \u2014 have claimed asylum upon reaching the US.<\/p>\n Nearly 945,000 filed for asylum in 2023, according to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n In his January 2025 decree, Trump suspended \u201cthe physical entry of aliens involved in an invasion into the United States across the southern border\u201d.<\/p>\n The proclamation was quickly challenged in court, as other measures in Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown have been.<\/p>\n But the appeals court panel concluded that the INA does not authorise the president to remove the plaintiffs under \u201cprocedures of his own making\u201d.<\/p>\n Nor does it allow him to suspend the plaintiffs\u2019 right to apply for asylum or curtail procedures for adjudicating claims of torture and persecution.<\/p>\n \u201cThe power by proclamation to temporarily suspend the entry of specified foreign individuals into the United States does not contain implicit authority to override the INA\u2019s mandatory process to summarily remove foreign individuals,\u201d wrote Judge J Michelle Childs, a Biden appointee.<\/p>\n The Trump administration will likely appeal the ruling to the full appellate court and subsequently to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n The White House stressed after the court\u2019s decision that banning asylum is part of Trump\u2019s constitutional powers as commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have liberal judges across the country who are acting against this president for political purposes. They are not acting as true litigators of the law. They are looking at these cases from a political lens,\u201d White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told reporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Judges say Trump\u2019s order for swift removal at the border \u2018cast aside federal laws affording\u2019 right to seek asylum. Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump\u2019s ban on asylum applications in the United States is unlawful, dealing a setback to the administration\u2019s immigration crackdown. 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