US officials to start pushing asylum-seekers back across the border
by Molly O'Toole and Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
Jan 24, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - U.S. border officials finalized plans Thursday to require asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their cases are considered in the United States, a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Border officers will start pushing asylum applicants back across the border as soon as the implementation becomes operational on Friday, beginning at the San Ysidro port of entry in California, a Homeland Security official said on condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning.
Until now, most migrants seeking asylum were released from detention into the United
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