The Trump administration has mounted a nationwide campaign to void the asylum claims of thousands of immigrants with active cases in immigration court by arguing that they can be deported to countries ...

In immigration courts, U.S. lawyers have filed thousands of requests to dismiss asylum cases and force people to pursue asylum elsewhere. By Jazmine Ulloa Allison McCann and Hamed Aleaziz The Trump ...

During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing last week, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem tried to blame the D.C. shooting on the Biden Administration, but instead got put in her place when Congressman ...

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In one of the most sweeping immigration shifts in years, the Trump administration has ordered an immediate nationwide halt to pending asylum cases and suspended key immigration benefits for ...

The Trump administration shortened the work permit duration for asylum-seekers on Thursday, citing security concerns with immigrant populations. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) ...

President Donald Trump doubled down on his anti-immigration policies on Nov. 30, saying his administration's pause on processing of all asylum applications has "no time limit, but it could be a long ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security said Friday night that it “has halted all asylum decisions” in response to an Afghan asylee’s Thanksgiving eve attack on National Guard members near ...

The Trump administration on Friday directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers to pause all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D ...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday that it has halted all asylum decisions following the shooting in Washington, D.C., in which an Afghan national was accused of ...