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US asylum policy, including changes to asylum rules and metering at ports of entry
The Trump administration imposed a suite of hardline measures—most visibly the “zero‑tolerance” prosecutions, the wide use of Title 42 expulsions and the “Remain in Mexico” (MPP) program—that prioriti...
legally continues to recognize and provide under federal statute, but policy in 2025–2026 has moved decisively toward restriction: the executive branch has paused asylum adjudications, expanded travel...
is not limited to people fleeing active war zones; and international law define asylum around individualized persecution on five protected grounds—race, religion, nationality, political opinion, and m...
A wave of lawsuits during and after the administration targeted , family detention, and other asylum-related practices, pressing courts to reject categorical “detain-and-deport” approaches and to insi...
The public‑health expulsion authority was created under in March 2020 and stayed in place across administrations, but it was that formally moved to end and ultimately saw the policy lapse in 2023 when...