Trump petitions Supreme Court to take up Mexico border asylum ban

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The Justice Department (DOJ) is asking the Supreme Court to sign off on President Trump’s Day 1 proclamation shutting down asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border, accusing lower courts of “judicial interference” in declaring it illegal. Solicitor General D. John Sauer described it as one of the president’s most important initiatives as he urged the justices…