A federal judge blocked Trump's executive order on Wednesday that tried to prevent immigrants crossing the border from seeking asylum in the United States or applying for a deferred deportation, ruling that the order exceeded the president's executive power, the Internet reported. U.S. District Judge Randolph Daniel Moss, appointed by former President Obama, said on Wednesday that the order exceeded the president's authority to suspend legal protections for immigrants, emphasizing that neither the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) nor the Constitution gave the executive branch the power to replace the INA and its regulatory provisions. Trump adviser Stephen Miller criticized the ruling on social platforms.