Trump introduces sweeping changes to asylum in memo

[orangecrush]

President Donald Trump announced a plan for sweeping changes to the US asylum process Monday evening in a memo for the attorney general and homeland security secretary.

The document outlines a series of measures to address the situation along the border. They include: adjudicating asylum applications within 180 days of filing; requiring a fee for asylum applications and work permit applications; and barring migrants who have entered or attempted to enter the US illegally from receiving work authorization before any relief or protection is granted.

Taken together, the proposed changes take direct aim at migrants seeking asylum.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/04/29/politics/trump-asylum-changes/index.html


Had enough yet?

[Ohiogal]

1. A fee to apply for asylum?

Can he do that?

[orangecrush]

2. He can do anything...

that no one stops him from doing.

It's what autocrats do.

[TeamPooka]

3. This has Steven Miller's fingerprints all over it

[bdamomma]

4. Of course

He needs to be put in a cage. I mean it.