Trump administration vows to continue fight after judge blocks asylum ban

The Trump administration vowed Tuesday morning to continue its efforts to reform asylum policies in a way that makes illegal entrants ineligible to apply, but it is running out of time to do so before as many as 10,000 Central American migrants traveling as part of a caravan to the U.S. have begun arriving in Mexican towns just south of the border.

The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security issued a joint statement Tuesday rebuking Judge Jon Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for his late Monday temporary restraining order that forces the government to continue considering requests for asylum from people who have been apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol for unlawfully entering the country.