The Biden administration is thinking about using a Trump administration policy to significantly limit who can claim asylum after crossing the border illegally, according to people familiar with the situation
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A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that reports indicating U.S. policy will change are inaccurate and that no such decisions have been made. Through the first three weeks of November, Border Patrol agents made roughly 127,000 arrests of people crossing the border illegally, according to internal government data viewed by The Wall Street Journal, primarily of Mexicans, Cubans and Nicaraguans. The administration was able to use Title 42 against roughly 32% of those crossing, with the rest allowed to remain in the country and pursue asylum claims.
Officials are also working on an online portal to allow asylum seekers from more countries to apply for asylum before coming to the U.S., with the possibility of receiving travel documents to fly to the country if they clear an initial screening, the people said.
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