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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Supreme Court will consider Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access at the southern borderWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to consider President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border. The Trump administration wants the high court to overturn lower court decisions that found the ban unlawful. Federal law allows people to seek asylum if they fear persecution, but the executive branch decides whether to grant it. The administration argues the ban is necessary to reduce migrant flow. The ACLU says the order illegally bypasses protections passed by Congress. The asylum ban is part of a series of immigration restrictions Trump introduced upon returning to office in 2025.kAmq6DD6?E 3=2>6D {FE?:4>6C46 s6A2CE>6?E 7@C ?@E C6DEC:4E:?8 }G:5:2 49:A 6IA@CEDk^Am kAm(p$wx}v%~} Wp!X — %C62DFCJ $64C6E2CJ $4@EE q6DD6?E D2JD 96 H2D 7CFDEC2E65 H:E9 E96 r@>>6C46 s6A2CE>6?E’D 56=2J :?

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