President Trump Wants To Add Fees To Asylum Applications, Among Other Things

By Kristen Cabrera

Published May 2, 2019 at 7:35 AM CDT

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Migrants crossing the border into the U.S. looking for Border Patrol, in October 2018. Once they turn themselves in, they plan to seek asylum in the United States.

(Julia Reihs/KUT)

In a memo Monday, the president ordered officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to start developing new regulations that would “toughen” the asylum process.