Trump administration plan would allow for quick asylum rejections without interviews, internal documents show
The proposal would let USCIS reject some late-filed claims on paper and send applicants to immigration court, where 1.5 million cases were pending last fall.
- The Trump administration is developing guidance allowing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to summarily reject asylum applications filed more than one year after arrival without conducting interviews, according to internal documents obtained by CBS News.
- Officials claim the policy addresses a backlog created by "dangerous open borders policies," seeking to accelerate mass deportation efforts by processing pending cases more efficiently through the immigration court system.
- Immigration courts hold 3.3 million pending claims as of March, including 2.3 million asylum requests, while USCIS faces 1.5 million pending asylum applications, underscoring the scale of the backlog.
- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, said Monday the administration views "the basic promise of DUE PROCESS" as an obstacle to be crushed, while immigration advocates warned the rule could "wrongfully" place applicants in deportation proceedings.
- Rejected applicants would face adversarial proceedings in Justice Department immigration courts, though officers retain discretion to schedule interviews if applicants meet specific medical or legal exceptions to the one-year filing deadline.
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Internal documents reveal changes that would strengthen access to asylum and raise legal risks
Local reports indicate that the U.S. Donald Trump administration is pursuing measures to allow for the swift rejection of asylum applications. According to internal federal government documents reported by CBS and others on the 1st (local time), the Trump administration is preparing a plan to reject certain asylum applications without an interview with the applicant.
USCIS To Reject Asylum Claims Without Interviews
CBS News reports: The Trump administration is developing a plan that would allow U.S. immigration officials to quickly reject some asylum applications without interviewing the applicants, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News. The Department of Homeland Security regulation described in the internal documents would be the latest effort by President Trump’s White House to tighten access to the U.S. asylum system, …
Trump Officials Draft Rule to Reject Asylum Cases Without Interviews: Report
The Trump administration is developing a regulation that would allow U.S. immigration officers to reject some asylum applications without first interviewing the applicants, according to a new report.
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