Comment on Judge’s ruling means Trump administration must allow illegal border crossers to seek asylum

The Trump administration on Tuesday was forced to resume processing asylum claims from migrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border, a bitter blow for a president who has waged an all-out effort - including the deployment of thousands of military troops - to stanch the flow of Central American families into the country.President Donald Trump tried to bar those who cross the border illegally from seeking asylum earlier this month, saying they could only qualify if they waited in line at a legal checkpoint.As several migrant caravans trudged through Mexico toward the United States, Trump had troops unfurl miles of razor wire at border hotspots and pelted migrants with tweets, calling them “thugs” and ordering them on Sunday to “Go home!”But U.S.