
Every day, immigrants from all over the world make their way to the U.S. border in hopes of making a case for political asylum, arguing they cannot return to their home country because of persecution for their religion, sexuality, political ideologies and more. But as the Trump administration seeks to massively curb down immigration, these migrants are increasingly being turned away, left scrambling to figure out what comes next.
The new practice came into being on the very first day of President Donald Trump's second administration, Jan. 20, when he signed an executive order suspending the asylum system in efforts to stop what he called the "invasion" of the U.S.