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An applicant initially presents his claim to an asylum officer, who may either grant asylum or refer the application to an Immigration Judge. If the asylum officer refers the application and the applicant is not legally authorized to remain in the United States, the applicant is placed in removal proceedings.
President Biden took long-expected executive action Tuesday that will turn away migrants seeking asylum who cross the southern border illegally at times when there is a high volume of daily ...
A rule put in place in 2019 prohibited immigrants from claiming asylum in the United States if they did not first try to claim it in a country they passed through on their way to the U.S. border ...
A Ukrainian family who fled Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 24, 2022, wait with their luggage before being allowed to cross the San Ysidro Port of Entry into the United States to seek asylum on March 22 ...
The border would only “reopen,” allowing migrants to claim asylum and the court system to begin processing their claims, “14 calendar days after the Secretary [of Homeland Security] makes a ...
On April 16, 2019, Attorney General Barr announced a new policy to deny bail to asylum seekers in an effort to end the catch and release policy. [29] On July 2, 2019, the Western District Court of Washington issued a class-wide ruling to require bond hearings for noncitizens who have showed a credible fear of persecution in their home country ...
Sessions had stated that "[t]he mere fact that a country may have problems effectively policing certain crimes – such as domestic violence or gang violence – or that certain populations are more likely to be victims of crime, cannot itself establish an asylum claim". [154] [155] Domestic violence victims had been eligible for asylum since 2014.
The Biden administration’s new immigration policy has drastically reduced the number of migrants who can apply for asylum at the border, says a court filing by the administration.