Trump declared that the situation at the southern border constitutes an invasion of the US in the order signed earlier this year

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has blocked the Trump administration policy that restricts migrants who cross the southern border from seeking asylum.

A federal judge said Wednesday that an order by President Donald Trump suspending asylum access at the southern border was unlawful, throwing into doubt one of the key pillars of the president's plan to crack down on migration at the southern border.