Trump administration resumes asylum and immigration processing after court order

The Trump administration announced it will comply with a federal judge’s order to restart processing of asylum and other immigration applications that had been halted by earlier policies. A Rhode Island judge struck down a suite of measures that placed a global hold on asylum filings and froze applications from 39 countries, delaying more than 1 million cases and disrupting work authorization and green‑card prospects. USCIS officials said staff should treat the policies "as if they are no longer in effect," though the agency expressed disagreement with the order and filed an appeal seeking to pause it. The judge gave the administration a deadline to report specific compliance steps. The policies, implemented after an Afghan national shot two National Guard members, were criticized as driven by anti‑immigration sentiment.