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- A D.C. Circuit panel ruled the Immigration and Nationality Act does not let the president suspend asylum applications and blocked President Donald Trump’s asylum order.
- Judge J. Michelle Childs wrote that Congress intended the INA’s removal procedures to stay intact and the president cannot override them.
- The White House called the ruling unsurprising, accused bias, and will seek review, while the ACLU and immigrant-rights groups praised it as protecting fleeing persecution.
