Biden administration proposes new limit on how migrants can seek asylum in US
Civil liberties lawyers quickly vowed to sue if the rule is implemented.
ByArmando Garcia, Quinn Owen, and Luke Barr
February 21, 2023, 10:48 PM
The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed a new immigration rule that, if implemented, would limit the ability for some people to seek asylum in the United States.
Under the proposal, the administration would consider some migrants ineligible for asylum if they fail to first seek protection in another country that they transit through en route to the southern border -- such as Mexico -- and if they don't apply through other legal pathways, with some exceptions.
The rule is meant to mitigate a surge of migration that the administration anticipates will follow after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends on May 11.
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