U.S. top court rejects President Trump bid to enforce asylum restrictions

Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's four liberals in denying the administration's request.

The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a setback to President Donald Trump by refusing to allow his administration to implement new rules prohibiting asylum for people who cross the U.S. border illegally, a key component of his policies aimed to make it harder for immigrants to enter and stay in the United States.

Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's four liberals in denying the administration's request. The justices on a 5-4 vote denied the administration's request to put on hold a California-based federal judge's order at least temporarily preventing it from carrying out the policy intended to make anyone crossing the U.S.-Mexican border outside of an official port of entry ineligible for asylum.