The #Trump admin launched a plan Tuesday to channel hundreds of thousands of #asylum seekers directly into #deportation proceedings, a change that some attys said could lead to people being removed from the #US WITHOUT A HEARING.
Trump ofcls introduced a rule designed to reduce the 1.4M asylum cases pending in US Citizenship & Immigration Services ( #USCIS ), the #DHS agency that processes #immigration applications, by nearly ⅓. The rule took effect immediately, before the public could weigh in.
In the past, #asylum seekers who entered
the #US legally or were never charged with an #immigration violation had the opportunity to apply for refuge in an office before a trained asylum officer. The officer could refer them to immigration court for removal proceedings if they were rejected, or allow them to continue proceedings & potentially get on a path to obtaining US citizenship.
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