The United States blocks new asylum cases and deportes some 10,000 immigrants from the border in 19 days
2020-04-09T23:54:31.552Z
The Trump Administration has resorted to a federal law that, for the sake of public safety, allows it to practically paralyze the asylum process. While. The coronavirus pandemic uncovers the shortcomings of the immigration system, and the challenges it faces in aggravating the backlog of cases in the immigration courts. We explain which programs and services are affected.