Appeals court rules that Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal

A DC Circuit panel ruled Trump's executive order barring migrants who cross the US-Mexico border from seeking asylum exceeded statutory authority — the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act grants the right regardless of how someone entered. Lead with the specific limit of executive power the court drew; this is the first appellate-level ruling on the order and teed up for Supreme Court review. Reader takeaway: even with DOJ pushing maximalist enforcement (see death-penalty expansion), one branch is still checking another — for now.