Biden asylum restrictions at border can remain for now, appeals court rules

A key Biden administration policy imposing asylum restrictions on migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border can remain in effect for now, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday.

Why it matters: The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision means the restrictions that the the Biden administration has partially credited for plummeting illegal border crossings can remain in effect, pending the outcome of its appeal against a judge's ruling last month that found the new rule violated U.S. law.