A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's asylum ban on the U.S.-Mexico border.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss said in a 128-page ruling that Trump exceeded his authority by issuing a proclamation declaring illegal immigration an emergency and nullifying legal immigration proceedings existing ones.

The judge affirmed that Trump’s January 20 proclamation, which blocked all migrants “participants in the invasion across the southern border” from applying for asylum or other humanitarian protections, exceeded his executive power.

In a major blow to President Trump’s drastic crackdown on immigration to the United States, Judge Randolph Moss ruled in favor of 13 people seeking asylum in the United States and three immigrant rights groups who argued that a proclamation signed by Trump on his first day back in office, which has been a pillar of his immigration agenda, is illegal.

The case centered on a Trump proclamation, titled “Securing the Protection of States from Invasion,” that seeks to suspend the country’s refugee admissions program and nullify procedures that Congress established in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

On the day he took office, Trump signed an executive order declaring a “invasion” at the southern border, suspend the right to asylum and order immigration authorities to “repel, repatriate, or expel” foreign nationals who arrive in the country without legal documents by this route.

“The court recognizes that the executive branch faces enormous challenges in preventing and deterring illegal entry into the United States and in resolving the overwhelming backlog of asylum claims from those who have entered the country,” the judge wrote.

“But neither the Constitution nor the existing law governing asylum seekers,” Judge Moss wrote, “may be construed to grant the President or his delegates the authority to adopt an alternative immigration system that supersedes laws enacted by Congress.”

A presidential proclamation, on its own, “may not affect the right of noncitizens to seek asylum, their eligibility for asylum, or asylum proceedings,” the judge insisted.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenged Trump’s asylum ban in February, arguing that it violated U.S. law and international treaties.

Despite the broad terms of the order, Judge Moss postponed its entry into force for two weeks to allow for an appeal. With the administration seeking ultimate authority to curb immigration, the issue was likely to eventually reach the Supreme Court.

The White House reacted by attacking the judge

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy and national security adviser, launched a scathing attack on a federal judge’s ruling Wednesday that declared President Donald Trump’s suspension of asylum access at the Southwest border unlawful.

“In an attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court’s ruling on nationwide injunctions, a Marxist judge has declared that all potential future illegal immigrants on foreign soil (e.g., a large portion of planet Earth) are part of a protected global ‘class’ entitled to admission to the United States,” Miller wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

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