The judge ruled that the president cannot create an “alternative immigration system” that tramples on existing federal law.
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Federal judge bars Trump administration from expelling asylum seekers
— Barbara Sobel (@barbarasobel.bsky.social) 2025-07-02T20:27:49.189Z
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/02/trump-asylum-border-lawsuit-immigration
A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Wednesday barred the Trump administration from expelling asylum seekers from the United States, dealing a blow to the administration’s efforts to curtail crossings at the U.S. southern border.
In a 128-page decision, U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss invalidated a proclamation that President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office that declared an “invasion” on the border and invoked emergency presidential powers to deport migrants without allowing them to apply for asylum. Migrants and advocacy groups sued in February, saying federal law allows people to apply for the humanitarian protection no matter how they entered the United States.
Moss stayed his ruling for 14 days pending a likely appeal from the Trump administration. But he wrote that the executive branch cannot create an “alternative immigration system” that tramples on existing federal law.
“The Court recognizes that the Executive Branch faces enormous challenges in preventing and deterring unlawful entry into the United States and in adjudicating the overwhelming backlog of asylum claims of those who have entered the country,” Moss wrote. But he added that the Immigration and Nationality Act “provides the sole and exclusive means for removing people already present in the country.”....
Attorneys in the asylum case had sought class certification from the judge well before Friday’s birthright citizenship ruling. Still, Trump administration officials quickly attacked Moss as “a rogue district court judge” and his ruling as an attempt “to circumvent the Supreme Court.”
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