The Trump administration is trying to end almost all asylum claims from Central Americans with a new federal regulation that’s no doubt headed straight for the courts
Central American migrants trying to cross the Rio Bravo. Photo: Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images .
The new rule, which is set to go into effect Tuesday, would effectively bar anyone traveling from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador from claiming asylum in the U.S. More than half a million migrants from those nations have left home and headed north in the first eight months of fiscal year 2019. Most of them pass through Mexico on their way to the U.S.U.S. law allows refugees to request asylum when they arrive at the U.S.
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