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CNN: Trump Plans to Reject Hundreds of Thousands of Asylum Claims to Speed Deportations

HeadlineJun 26, 2025

In immigration news, the Trump administration is planning to reject refugee status for potentially hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers in the United States — making them immediately deportable as part of Trump’s sweeping mass deportation efforts. That’s according to CNN, which reports Trump’s plan to fast-track deportations is aimed at immigrants who entered the U.S. outside an official port of entry and later applied for asylum.

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