Trump Administration to Appeal Ruling Halting Asylum Blockade
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The Trump administration asked a federal judge to halt enforcement of his order blocking the government from sealing most of the southern border to asylum seekers, while the Justice Department appeals the decision.
The government says President Donald Trump should be permitted to enforce U.S. border and immigration policy without judicial interference. The president has already vowed to take the legal challenge to his directive, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, to the Supreme Court.