Appeals court frustrates Trump quest to bring back asylum ban

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A federal appeals court on Friday denied the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a ban on migrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum outside of official ports of entry.

In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not lift a lower court’s temporary injunction on the ban.

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