Latest asylum claims News & Updates

Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) The Trump administration is moving to sharply restrict access to asylum by urging US immigration judges to dismiss cases without hearings and redirect migrants to third countries, a shift officials say is aimed at closing what they describe as a “huge loophole” in legal immigration, according to a report by Politico.The Department of Homeland Security has asked courts to summarily dismiss asylum applications and remove migrants to third countries where they could seek p…