Sunday, February 19, 2017

UPDATE 1-Trump administration drafts plan to raise asylum bar, speed deportations

(Adds proposed changes to deportation guidelines)

By Julia Edwards Ainsley

WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The Department of Homeland

Security has prepared new guidance for immigration agents aimed

at speeding up deportations by denying asylum claims earlier in

the process.

The new guidelines, contained in a draft memo dated February

17 but not yet sent to field offices, directs agents to only

pass applicants who have a good chance of ultimately getting

asylum, but does not give spe

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