Asylum-seekers would have to pay fee under changes proposed by Trump

Trump ordered changes to ensure that all asylum applications are adjudicated within 180 days, except for those representing exceptional circumstances.

In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, Trump is directing his attorney general and acting homeland security secretary to take additional measures to overhaul the asylum system, which he insists is “in crisis.”

He’s giving them 90 days to propose regulations so that, all asylum applications are adjudicated within 180 days, except for those representing exceptional circumstances.

Trump also wants to charge asylum-seekers to process their asylum and employment authorization applications. And he wants to bar anyone who has entered or tried to enter the country illegally from receiving authorization that allows them to work. Read more

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Asylum-seekers would have to pay fee under changes proposed by Trump