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Trump proposes violating longstanding norms for asylum seekers with new rules that would keep Central American migrants, including children, from having the opportunity to prove they deserve asylum. apnews.com/6bef9ed6c48b4c…
You’ll recall that under AG Sessions, women fleeing domestic violence were barred from receiving asylum. Now, despite a lack of clarity over what qualifies as a “safe” country & whether Mexico is one, migrants who pass through there on the way to the US won’t qualify.
This isn’t an effort to curb illegal immigration, it’s an effort to drastically restrict legal immigration.
