Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds

The BBC exposes a shadow industry charging migrants thousands of pounds to help them cheat the asylum system.
The New York Times

New York Helped Thousands of Migrants With Legal Issues. That’s Ending.

The imminent closing of the Asylum Application Help Center marks another turning point in the city’s response to the migrant crisis. By Luis Ferré-Sadurní At the height of the migrant crisis in 2023, ...
Los Angeles Times

Asylum seekers face deportation over failure to pay new fees — before being notified

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump administration’s new asylum fees left immigrants confused about payment methods and deadlines, with some ...
The New York Times

Trump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries

In immigration courts, U.S. lawyers have filed thousands of requests to dismiss asylum cases and force people to pursue asylum elsewhere. By Jazmine Ulloa Allison McCann and Hamed Aleaziz The Trump ...
MassLive

DOJ quietly changed asylum policy, allows judges to dismiss cases without hearing

The U.S. Department of Justice quietly instituted a policy in April that allows immigration judges to throw out immigrant asylum cases without a hearing. In an April 11 memo issued by the DOJ’s ...