In a major victory for the president, the Supreme Court gave his administration permission to implement a sweeping ban on asylum seekers who pass through another country en route to the U.S.
in fiscal year 2020 — possibly even reducing levels to zero.
“It hasn’t necessarily been connected yet, but last night’s Supreme Court decision does affect the humanitarian space,” Cuccinelli said Thursday morning. The acting USCIS director said it’s a question of resources, since the same personnel can be used to process asylum applications domestically and refugee claims overseas. The agency faces a 330,000-case backlog of asylum claims, he said.
“All the same people have to do that work,” he said. “I haven’t even been back to the office yet since the Supreme Court ruling, so how that may affect our analysis is yet undetermined.” Cuccinelli also fielded a question about Trump’s decision to designate him one of the 10 officials to receive a special government-funded personal driver from his home to the office, which POLITICOCuccinelli said he’s using the benefit most days and doesn’t know the expense to taxpayers yet. USCIS said in June that he was driving himself to the office.
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