The change is to take effect in late May, according to people familiar with the planning, and should restore the right of migrants to request asylum once they cross the border into the United States.
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Homeland Security Is Making Plans to Handle a Record Surge of Migrants
Officials are bracing for the number of interceptions at the border to rise much higher if a public health order that has limited immigration during the pandemic is lifted.
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Afghan Refugees in U.K. Still in Limbo as Ukrainians Arrive
Some 12,000 Afghans who fled to Britain have been living in hotels for months awaiting permanent housing. This has raised questions about the country’s ability to take in many more escaping Ukraine.
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Biden Administration Prepares Sweeping Change to Asylum Process
Asylum seekers will have their claims evaluated by asylum officers instead of overburdened immigration judges under a new policy aimed at greatly shortening the process.
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Australia Agrees to Let New Zealand Resettle Offshore Refugees
Under the arrangement, first offered in 2013, New Zealand will take in 150 refugees a year for three years from Australia’s widely criticized detention system.