A federal judge on Wednesday ruled against a Trump administration policy that blocks foreign nationals who cross the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum, coming as the White House has touted what it says are historically low border crossings in recent weeks.
In an order released Wednesday, U.S. Judge Randolph Moss found that the Trump administration overstepped its authority and bypassed immigration law.
“The President cannot adopt an alternative immigration system, which supplants the statutes that Congress has enacted,” Moss wrote in the order.
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