( April 28, 2026, 1:35 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A January 2025 proclamation issued by President Donald J. Trump on the day of his inauguration that limited asylum and withholding of removal applications and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) guidance that followed are “unlawful to the extent that they circumvent the INA’s [Immigration and Nationality Act] removal procedures and cast aside federal laws affording individuals the right to apply and be considered for asylum or withholding of removal protections,” a divided District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled, affirming a trial court’s summary judgment and class certification rulings but modifying the class definition....