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New Biden policy limits asylum access at the southern border

Asylum seekers from Peru and Ecuador wait at San Diego International Airport after being dropped off by federal officials at a transit center in El Cajon with nowhere to go, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022 in San Diego.

The Biden administration announced a policy Tuesday that would limit asylum access to immigrants who cross into the U.S. without authorization and fail to apply for protections on the way to the southern border with Mexico.

The new proposal, which was telegraphed in a January news conference, will not take effect immediately and will go through a regulatory process to allow public comment for 30 days before the policy is finalized. After that time, the policy is set

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