Washington (CNN) The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed additional mandatory limits for asylum seekers, specifically targeting migrants who have committed certain crimes, including illegal reentry and driving while under the influence.

The proposed rule is more restrictive than current US immigration law, further limiting who is eligible for asylum in the United States.

This is the latest move by the Trump administration to severely limit the ability of people to claim asylum in the US, which has included sending people to Guatemala to seek asylum there, barring asylum access to people who transit through another country before entering through the southern border and forcing people to wait in Mexico for their immigration proceedings.

Under the proposal asylum seekers would be found ineligible for crimes committed in the US such as: a felony under federal or state law, alien smuggling or harboring, illegal reentry, crime involving criminal street gang activity, operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence, domestic violence even with no conviction and offenses related to false identification.

Nearly all of the administration's proposed asylum changes have received sharp criticism and have faced legal challenges.

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