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- The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals halted President Donald Trump's asylum suspension order, ruling it exceeds limits on presidential power.
- A three-judge panel held the executive order cannot override the Immigration and Nationality Act’s asylum provisions.
- Judge J. Michelle Childs wrote that proclamation power does not allow bypassing mandatory removal procedures.
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the ruling was unsurprising and that the president’s actions are within his commander-in-chief authority.
