The ruling is a setback for President Donald Trump, a Republican who recaptured the White House promising a vast immigration crackdown.

President Trump's asylum ban at the U.S.-Mexico border enacted in an emergency immigration proclamation on his first day in office is "unlawful," a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Why it matters: Although U.

A US federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's bid to ban migrants who have illegally crossed the US-Mexico border from making asylum claims. Trump campaigned for president promising to expel millions of undocumented migrants from the United States,