The president is testing how much he can restrict asylum without violating America’s laws and its treaty obligations. If he ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court sounded open on March 24 to letting the federal government send back asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, although the justices also debated whether they can even ...

A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the United States to reopen its border to migrants seeking asylum, ruling that President Donald Trump’s declaration of an “invasion” at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A volunteer walks along a road next to the border wall separating Mexico and the United States in Jacumba Hot Springs, ...

A U.S. appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border.

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump can’t use an executive proclamation to bar immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum - a cornerstone policy of his ...

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether the Trump administration can revive a policy from the president’s first term of denying asylum claims by preventing migrants from crossing the ...

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday blocked ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Trump administration argued that migrants must physically ‘arrive in’ the United States to apply for asylum.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday that an order by President Donald Trump suspending asylum access at the southern border was unlawful, throwing into doubt one of the key pillars of the ...