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Trump weighs plan to choke off asylum for Central Americans

Trump weighs plan to choke off asylum for Central Americans
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President Donald Trump is considering sweeping restrictions on asylum that would effectively block Central American migrants from entering the U.S., according to several administration officials and advocates briefed on the plan.

A draft proposal circulating among Trump’s Homeland Security advisers would prohibit migrants from seeking asylum if they have transited through a country other than their own before coming to the U.S., according to a DHS official and an outside advocate familiar with the plan. If executed, it would deny asylum to thousands of migrants waiting just south of the border, many of whom have trekked a perilous journey through Mexico.

Trump alluded to the asylum changes Thursday as he departed for Colorado, telling reporters he is "going to do something very dramatic on the border."

"I would say my biggest statement" on the border, the president said. Trump added he would not be closing the border as he has threatened numerous times, but would make an announcement about the people crossing it.
Source: Politico
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