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Biden’s asylum curbs at US-Mexico border can stay for now, court rules

Asylum seekers looking to enter the US gather at the Zaragoza-Ysleta international bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 6, 2023 [File: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters]

US President Joe Biden’s restrictions on access to asylum at the United States border with Mexico can remain in place for now, an appeals court has ruled, as the Biden administration contends with a legal challenge to the policy.

The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals late on Thursday put on hold a district judge’s July 25 ruling that found the regulation violated US law by cutting off asylum for some people caught crossing the border without a permit.

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