Saturday is the first anniversary of the ‘zero tolerance’ policy, one of many ways by which the Trump administration has sought to limit migration
By Colby Itkowitz Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow April 5 at 12:13 PM Ahead of his trip to the southern border on Friday, President Trump reiterated his call for Congress to overhaul U.S. immigration laws, but this time said lawmakers should get “rid of the whole asylum system.”
He also reiterated that Congress should dispense with immigration judges, a comment he made earlier in the week. [Trump administration tightens immigration asylum rules as caravans continue to push for U.S. border] When Trump says he wants Congress to get rid of the country’s asylum system, it’s unlikely that he means eliminating asylum in the United States altogether. But he’s long made it clear that he wants to see it dramatically limited.
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