DHS Orders ICE to Seek Early Dismissal of Weak Asylum Claims as Supreme Court Backs 2 Curbs
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 3
DHS Orders ICE to Seek Early Dismissal of Weak Asylum Claims as Supreme Court Backs 2 Curbs
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 3
Summary
New DHS guidance, effective immediately, tells ICE attorneys to file motions to pretermit asylum applications they judge legally insufficient on their face.
Those motions ask immigration judges to deny claims before a full merits hearing, a step DHS says will speed valid cases and challenge deficient ones earlier.
The directive also deepens the administration's anti-fraud push, which already includes civil penalties for lawyers accused of facilitating fraudulent asylum filings.
The move follows earlier asylum changes that sent some applications straight to immigration court and comes as the Supreme Court upheld 2 major Trump immigration restrictions, including TPS terminations for Haitians and Syrians.