Major Shifts in US Immigration: USCIS Bypasses Asylum Interviews, Sending Hundreds of Thousands Directly to Immigration Courts
WASHINGTON — In a sweeping regulatory change that fundamentally alters the landscape of the United States asylum system, federal immigration authorities have enacted a controversial new procedure designed to drastically reduce administrative backlogs. Under the updated rules, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is authorized to bypass mandatory in-person asylum interviews for specific applicants, […]
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