Circuit Court Narrows D.C. Judge’s Injunction on Trump Border Restrictions
Expect the number of illegal migrant adults who show up with a kid and a well-rehearsed claim to skyrocket
By Andrew R. Arthur on August 6, 2025
On July 7, I reported that Judge Randolph Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia had issued an order blocking restrictions implemented by President Trump that have brought an unprecedented level of security to the Southwest border. DOJ appealed, and on August 1, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit) narrowed that order in a decision that’s kind of a win for the administration, and kind of not.
Proclamation 10888
This all started on Inauguration Day, when Trump issued Proclamation 10888, “Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion”.
Under congressional authority provided the president in sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), section 1 of the proclamation suspended the entry of “aliens engaged in the invasion across the southern border” (i.e., illegal entrants) and section 2 restricted their ability to apply for asylum under section 208 of the INA.
Again relying on sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the INA, section 3 suspended the entry of both illegal entrants and aliens stopped at the ports who failed “to provide Federal officials with sufficient medical information and reliable criminal history and background information” necessary to determine whether they are inadmissible under sections 212(a)(1) through (3) of the INA barring admission of aliens on health-related, criminal, and national security grounds, respectively.
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