Trump Calls for Charging Fees to Migrants Seeking U.S. Asylum
- President aims to protect against ‘rampant abuse’ of process
- Democrat Thompson calls fees ‘cruel’ and ‘blind’ to reality
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President Donald Trump ordered his administration to propose regulations that would impose fees on migrants applying for asylum and speed up the asylum application process.
In a presidential memorandum released on Monday night, Trump said “the security and humanitarian crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border “undermines our nation’s security and sovereignty.”