As a way to speed up the procedure for obtaining asylum in USAthe Donald Trump Administration will now allow thousands of applications to be sent to immigration courts without the applicants having the right to an interview.
The new rule was announced this July 27 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and authorities expect that these changes will affect more than 44 thousand asylum applications.
This new rule will allow officials to review asylum applications and send them, if they deem it appropriate, to an immigration court to begin deportation proceedings without having to hear the applicant’s testimony.
This guideline will go into effect on July 28, when its final version is published in the Federal Register.
Joseph Edlow, director of the Citizenship and Immigration Services of USA (USCIS, in English), said that this measure represents an attempt to “expedite the resolution of asylum applications” and “eliminate misuses of the system.”
The immigration courts in USA They are administrative courts that depend on the Executive Branch, through the Department of Justice, and not the ordinary Judicial Branch.
In this system, the Trump Administration replaced dozens of immigration judges and appointed new magistrates with profiles more aligned with its agenda of mass deportations, according to specialized organizations and lawyers.
At the same time, the Department of Justice relaxed the criteria for appointing temporary immigration judges, so that they are no longer required to have prior experience in immigration law. This opens the door for lawyers without experience in this matter to occupy these positions.
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