A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled on April 24, 2026, that President Donald Trump's January 20, 2025, executive order suspending asylum applications at the southern border violates the Immigration and Nationality Act. The panel upheld a lower court decision, stating the INA grants individuals physically present at the border the right to apply for asylum and prohibits the president from overriding these processes via proclamation. Judge J. Michelle Childs wrote the opinion, with Judge Justin Walker issuing a partial dissent.