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New rule for asylum seekers in the US: 'No interview, straight deportation', DHS calls it 'second chance'

The Donald Trump administration released a new asylum rule that will come into effect immediately and it will reduce the backlog in the asylum system. The department said that according to the existing procedure, both USCIS and the DOJ immigration judges adjudicate applications for asylum. While USCIS handles the "affirmative" asylum applications which are for those who are not in the removal process, the immigration judges deal with the "defensive" applications for those who are in the removal process.

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