Trump’s Attempt to Bar Asylum Seekers Is Blocked

“A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to continue accepting asylum claims from all eligible migrants arriving in the United States, temporarily thwarting the president’s latest attempt to stanch the flow of migrants crossing the southern border,” the New York Times reports.

“The decision came on the same day that a federal judge in Washington, hearing a separate challenge, let the new rule stand, delivering the administration a win.”