DHS Winding Down Asylum Crackdown Months After Deadly Attack On National Guard

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

Trump administration officials are scaling back their unprecedented pause on asylum processing months after a deadly attack prompted them to pump the brakes. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is easing…

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