/tags/u-s-asylum U.S. asylum en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:14:03 GMT /immigration/2026-06-05/judge-blocks-trump-administrations-asylum-freeze-on-39-countries A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to enter and stay in the U.S. The judge criticized the policy for putting immigrants' lives in "indeterminate legal limbo" and accused the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of ignoring the law. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:14:03 GMT /immigration/2026-06-05/judge-blocks-trump-administrations-asylum-freeze-on-39-countries Michael Casey | Associated Press /immigration/2024-01-22/miami-immigration-court-record-backlog-asylum Catholic Legal Services' executive director, Randy McGrorty, tells SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± what can be done to fix the problem. Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:59:12 GMT /immigration/2024-01-22/miami-immigration-court-record-backlog-asylum Helen Acevedo /news/2022-06-30/supreme-court-biden-properly-ended-trump-era-asylum-policy The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico. Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:18:00 GMT /news/2022-06-30/supreme-court-biden-properly-ended-trump-era-asylum-policy Jessica Gresko | the Associated Press /national-politics/2019-10-11/acting-homeland-security-secretary-kevin-mcaleenan-is-out McAleenan "wants to spend more time with his family and go to the private sector," President Trump tweeted. He is the latest casualty at the massive agency responsible for protecting U.S. borders. Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:08:00 GMT /national-politics/2019-10-11/acting-homeland-security-secretary-kevin-mcaleenan-is-out Franco Ordoñez /npr-breaking-news/2019-01-16/im-a-survivor-of-violence-portraits-of-women-waiting-in-mexico-for-u-s-asylum Photographer Federica Valabrega photographed Central American women who fled domestic violence and joined a migrant caravan to seek asylum in the U.S. Wed, 16 Jan 2019 22:51:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2019-01-16/im-a-survivor-of-violence-portraits-of-women-waiting-in-mexico-for-u-s-asylum Federica Valabrega /npr-breaking-news/2018-09-28/thousands-could-be-deported-as-government-targets-asylum-mills-clients In 2012, a Justice Department probe shut down law firms that helped Chinese asylum-seekers fabricate or inflate claims of persecution. The clients were left alone, but now 13,500 may have to leave. Fri, 28 Sep 2018 20:46:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2018-09-28/thousands-could-be-deported-as-government-targets-asylum-mills-clients Ailsa Chang /npr-breaking-news/2018-08-02/mexican-journalist-released-awaits-asylum-appeal Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto has been released from months of detention after a judge found credible cause that his First Amendment rights had been violated. Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:31:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2018-08-02/mexican-journalist-released-awaits-asylum-appeal Monica Ortiz Uribe /show/latin-america-report/2018-07-16/venezuelans-to-trump-if-maduro-regime-evil-enough-to-invade-then-give-more-u-s-visas This month the big topic of discussion about Venezuela isn’t focused on its plummeting oil output or food shortages or economic collapse. It’s about… Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:51:12 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2018-07-16/venezuelans-to-trump-if-maduro-regime-evil-enough-to-invade-then-give-more-u-s-visas Tim Padgett