White House Tries to Make Seeking Asylum Harder

“The White House is working on plans to make it harder for immigrants at the border to receive asylum by forcing them to do more to prove they have a credible fear of returning home and putting border agents in charge of the interview process,” NBC News reports.

“The strategy is part of an overall crackdown on asylum-seekers that is designed to grant fewer of them access to the United States. The administration has already tried to make it harder for asylum-seekers through a variety of measures, most of which have been stopped by courts.”