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Asylum seekers could be sent directly to deportation under new federal rule The Washington PostNew federal rule sends asylum cases to immigration courts, pushing migrants toward deportation Los Angeles TimesNew rule will let Trump administration speed up deportation of asylum seekers Houston Public Media
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services estimates that up to 444,000 of the more than 1.4 million asylum cases in its backlog could be affected by the rule.
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Lawyers for California and 22 other Democratic-led states sued, arguing that the states, not the federal government, have the constitutional authority to set the rules for voting and elections.
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