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

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border violates immigration law, rejecting the president's invocation of an 'invasion' declaration as legal justification. The reporting is sourced to wire service standards (AP content distributed via NPR) with corroboration from multiple major outlets (CNN, Washington Post, ABC News) confirming both the court decision and the legal reasoning. The appeals court's decision affirms an earlier district court ruling and sets up an expected Supreme Court challenge, as noted across independent coverage. Watch for the Trump administration's next legal filing and the Supreme Court's decision on whether to hear the case, which could determine asylum policy for the remainder of the administration.