A federal court ruled that President Trump overstepped his authority by barring asylum claims at the southern border. Judge Randolph Moss stated that Trump's actions threatened to create an alternative immigration system that circumvented the laws enacted by Congress. The Immigration and Nationality Act does not grant the president the sweeping powers he invoked. While asylum is a right established in law, concerns arose that suspending it could harm individuals facing persecution. Trump's characterization of immigration as an invasion justified his use of emergency powers, but the court rejected this rationale.
Judge Moss emphasized that the president had no power to replace the comprehensive rules and procedures in US immigration law with an extra-statutory, extraregulatory regime.
Suspending asylum could result in significant harms to those facing persecution, and Trump's actions threatened to create a presidentially decreed, alternative immigration system.
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