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Judge Says “Poppycock!” to Trump Program That Let Border Patrol Screen Asylum Applicants
September 1, 2020
A federal court on Monday halted a secretive program started under the Trump administration that allowed Border Patrol agents to be harsh gatekeepers to the asylum process. The court rejected the government’s defense of the program as “poppycock.” In spring 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) quietly began a pilot program in which Border […]
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