Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California, on on Sept. 22, 2003. On May 7, 2019, the court ruled in favor of the Trump administration's Remain in Mexico policy. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

An appeals court has lifted a nationwide injunction preventing the Trump administration from moving forward with a policy requiring asylum-seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed.

President Donald Trump celebrated the ruling on Twitter, writing on May 8, “Big Court win at our Southern Border! We are getting there—and Wall is being built!”