The change targets the front end of the asylum system, where officials say interviews can duplicate later court review. It could affect about 132,000 future applicants a year, according to DHS ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has decided to give precedence to the most recently filed asylum applications in a bid to stem its backlog. The agency announced it will return to a “first in ...

FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is changing how some asylum claims move through the immigration system, allowing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to refer certain applications ...

A new Trump administration policy could send some asylum applicants straight to immigration court. What could that mean for their cases?

Law360 (July 27, 2026, 5:12 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security unveiled a new regulation Monday allowing asylum officers to skip interviews if they determine someone is barred from, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maria is pictured on Friday July 6, 2018, at a neighborhood park near her home in Stanislaus County. She said she and her ...

"Asylum applicants are encouraged to carefully review interview notices as they can now expect to receive a notice to attend an interview at either the San Francisco or Oakland office locations. Visit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services office is seen in Colonie. The federal agency issued ...

The United States has begun applying an additional level of scrutiny to Palestinian asylum seekers requesting refuge after entering the country legally, documents show. The Department of Homeland ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will be opening an Asylum Office in Oakland on Wednesday. The new location at 1301 Clay Street will be temporary, as the USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office ...