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White House official attacks court on immigration

The Trump Administration has faced multiple legal setbacks to its travel ban

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Doina ChiacuJulia Harte
A White House official launched a blistering attack on the federal appeals court that blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration on Sunday, calling its ruling a “judicial usurpation of power.”

The Trump Administration has faced multiple legal setbacks to its travel ban issued on January 27, and the Republican president has said he may issue a new executive order rather than go through lengthy court challenges.
 
“The president’s powers here are beyond question,” White House advisor Stephen Miller said on the Fox News Sunday programme.
 
Miller referred to immigration law that the executive order is

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