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New Rule Speeds Asylum Process | Baton Rouge News
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The feds just rolled out a major change to asylum processing: immigrants can now skip interviews with asylum officers and go straight to immigration judges — a move meant to speed things up but sparking fierce debate. While officials claim it’ll filter out abuse and focus on genuine persecution cases, critics warn it could backfire, delaying justice and harming vulnerable applicants — especially hundreds of thousands of Haitians at risk of losing protected status. The policy’s already live, and its real-world impact could reshape asylum outcomes for thousands.
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