Trump orders asylum overhaul, including new fee for applicants and faster adjudications, amid 'severe' border crisis
By Gregg Re | Fox News
Yuma at breaking point over asylum seekers, Sen. McSally says ‘crisis getting worse everyday’
Federal officials from the state are responding after Yuma's mayor issued an emergency declaration. Senator Martha McSally (R-Ariz), who visited Yuma today, spoke to Fox News about the cost local communities are facing.
President Trump called Monday night for a sweeping overhaul to an asylum system he has long said is rife with fraud -- including a new fee to process asylum applicants, and the capacity to rapidly adjudicate applicants' claims while also barring them from working in the U.S. in the meantime.
In a presidential memorandum, Trump specifically told Attorney General William Barr and acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan that the move was necessary to address a "crisis" at the border. In an article published earlier this month, The New York Times acknowledged that the humanitarian crisis of illegal immigration has hit a "breaking point."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-orders-asylum-overhaul-including-new-fee-for-applicants-and-faster-adjudications-amid-severe-border-crisis
