BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration unveiled new rules on Thursday [11-8-18] to sharply limit migrant asylum claims by barring individuals who cross the U.S. southern border illegally from seeking asylum. Immigrant advocates denounced the move, saying it violated existing U.S. law that allows people fleeing persecution and violence in their home countries to apply for asylum regardless of whether they enter illegally or not. The regulations released on Thursday, in conjunction with an order expected to be signed by President Donald Trump, would effectively ban migrants who cross the U.S. border with Mexico illegally from qualifying for asylum. Once the plan goes into full effect, migrants entering at the U.S. southern border would only be eligible for asylum if they report at official ports of entry, officials said.”
–Reuters Staff, “Trump Administration Moves to Curb Migrants’ Asylum Claims,” The New York Times online, November 8, 2018