President Trump announced a plan for sweeping changes to the US asylum process in a memo for the attorney general and homeland security secretary
The document outlines a series of measures to address the situation along the border. They include: adjudicating asylum applications within 180 days of filing; requiring a fee for asylum applications and work permit applications; and barring migrants who have entered or attempted to enter the US illegally from receiving work authorization before any relief or protection is granted.Taken together, the proposed changes take direct aim at migrants seeking asylum.
" It also notes that work authorization is to be stripped from migrants who are denied asylum or subject to a final order of removal.Read MoreThe memo says the attorney general and homeland security secretary are to take actions within 90 days. The Department of Justice oversees the nation's immigration courts."The purpose of this memorandum is to strengthen asylum procedures to safeguard our system against rampant abuse of our asylum process," it reads.
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