The Biden administration is proposing changes to the asylum process that critics contend would — in the name of administrative efficiency — circumvent current immigration law and sharply increase the numbers of illegal immigrants granted asylum, even as the U.S. is on track to receive more than two million illegal immigrants this year.
The Biden administration is proposing changes to the asylum process that critics contend would — in the name of administrative efficiency — circumvent current immigration law and sharply increase the numbers of illegal immigrants granted asylum, even as the U.S. is on track to receive more than two million illegal immigrants this year.
The changes are considered "a key step toward implementing the administration's blueprint for a fair, orderly, and humane immigration system," the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said in a statement.