The Biden administration is pausing a key effort to reform and increase asylum processing at the border.
April 12, 2023, 9:18 PMHundreds of Venezuelan migrants approach the U.S. Border Patrol by foot to cross the border and apply for humanitarian asylum in United States, April 10, 2023, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.The Biden administration is pausing a key effort to reform and increase asylum processing at the border, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Wednesday.had allowed asylum officers with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to grant or deny claims.
A Homeland Security spokesperson said the asylum officer adjudication process would start up again "in the near future" and migrants who already had interviews scheduled would be allowed to continue. The pause is intended "to ensure operational readiness," the spokesperson said, before the end of an emergency pandemic expulsion policy next month that has limited asylum requests under Title 42 of the U.S. Code.
Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants approach the U.S. Border Patrol by foot to cross the border and apply for humanitarian asylum in United States, April 10, 2023, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
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