Sen. Bob Casey Robert (Bob) Patrick CaseySecond GOP senator to quarantine after exposure to coronavirus GAO report finds brokers offered false info on coverage for pre-existing conditions Catholic group launches .7M campaign against Biden targeting swing-state voters MORE (D-Pa.) slammed the Trump administration over its decision to stop granting asylum to victims of gang violence and domestic abuse on Monday, calling it "inhumane."

"The inhumanity of the Trump Administration’s asylum policy is staggering," Casey said in a tweet.

The inhumanity of the Trump Administration’s asylum policy is staggering. They continue to separate children from their families, and now they're targeting victims of domestic violence. This change will put the lives of particularly vulnerable people at risk. https://t.co/IoDmHAT1w1 — Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) June 11, 2018

Casey's comments come after Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE announced the change in policy earlier Monday, saying the asylum system was being “abused to the detriment of the rule of law."

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“Generally, claims by aliens pertaining to domestic violence or gang violence perpetrated by non-governmental actors will not qualify for asylum,” the attorney general said in his decision.

“The mere fact that a country may have problems effectively policing certain crimes — such as domestic violence or gang violence — or that certain populations are more likely to be victims of crime, cannot itself establish an asylum claim,” he continued.

The move has drawn the ire of Democrats and immigration activists.

Sessions has criticized the U.S. asylum system in the past, saying immigration attorneys had exploited the law and had taken advantage of the country’s “generosity.”