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Trump Administration Considering Opening Temporary Courts Along The Border To Speed Asylum Hearings

Emily Zanotti

The Trump administration, looking for ways to alleviate the crush of asylum-seeking migrants at the United States’ southern border without being granted additional resources, is considering opening a series of “immigration courts” at key border checkpoints to speed the asylum process by offering quick adjudication of asylum claims.

CNN reports that the facilities would be “teleconference facilities,” and that asylum seekers at certain, heavily overcrowded border crossings would be offered the “express” immigration hearings.

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