The Trump administration is contesting a federal judge’s restraining order that halted a new policy which would force migrants to apply for asylum at border checkpoints.

Agency lawyers filed a motion Tuesday evening in the requesting that U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar’s order be suspended. The Justice Department will also file an appeal against the restraining order in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a DOJ official told the Washington Examiner.

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