Merry Christmas: CBS News -- Trump administration seeks to cancel thousands of asylum cases, saying applicants can be deported to third countries

Kevin R. Johnson

25 Dec 2025 — 1 min read

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Camilo Montoya-Galvez and Julia Ingram for CBS News report that "[t]he Trump administration has mounted a nationwide campaign to void the asylum claims of thousands of immigrants with active cases in immigration court by arguing that they can be deported to countries that are not their own . . . . The effort appears to have intensified in recent weeks, targeting asylum-seekers with pending cases in immigration courts in Atlanta, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Texas and elsewhere across the U.S."

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