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Trump's Plan Risks Mass Deportation of Asylum Seekers

6/27/2025

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The Trump administration's controversial plan to dismiss hundreds of thousands of asylum applications threatens to plunge many migrants into immediate deportation. By targeting those who entered illegally and potentially closing their cases without hearings, critics fear this move could transform USCIS into an enforcement agency, jeopardizing the rights and protections of vulnerable asylum seekers in the U.S.

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The Trump administration's controversial plan to dismiss hundreds of thousands of asylum applications threatens to plunge many migrants into immediate deportation. By targeting those who entered illegally and potentially closing their cases without hearings, critics fear this move could transform USCIS into an enforcement agency, jeopardizing the rights and protections of vulnerable asylum seekers in the U.S.