Reuters by Tom Hals, Kristina Cooke 9/16/2019
The U.S. Supreme Court last week allowed a Trump administration rule to temporarily take effect that will radically reduce the number of migrants eligible to seek U.S. asylum. Judges and asylum officers are now being directed to implement it.
Immigration is central to U.S. President Donald Trump’s agenda and the government has said the new rule will reduce fraudulent asylum claims, while immigrant advocates say it risks returning vulnerable migrants to danger and even death.
The legal challenges against the rule are ongoing - in courts in California and Washington D.C. - but the long process to decide whether it is unlawful will likely continue past the 2020 elections, legal experts say.
In the interim, tens of thousands of asylum claims are likely to be denied. The following explains how that could happen.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-asylum-explainer/explainer-us-enacts-sweeping-new-asylum-bar-following-supreme-court-decision-idUSKBN1W12KV
