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"He proposes creating a new, stand-alone border and immigration agency at the Cabinet level, consolidating functions from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and other agencies."

"It would reinstate the “Remain in Mexico” policy of forcing non-Mexican citizens to wait in Mexico while their asylum cases are pending."

"DHS proposes to amend the regulatory requirement that USCIS complete adjudication of initial (c)(8) EAD applications within 30 days. For initial (c)(8) EAD applications received on or after the effective date of the final rule, DHS proposes to extend the processing timeframe to 180 days for USCIS to adjudicate the EAD application."

"the volume of pending affirmative asylum cases exceeded 1.4 million, reaching an all-time high."

"Increase the capacity of immigration detention centers and streamline the deportation process."

"In the world of Project 2025, the U.S. would tear up the Flores settlement (which generally prevents the government from detaining children and families indefinitely)."

"DHS proposes to exclude from (c)(8) EAD eligibility any alien where there is reason to believe that the alien may be barred from a grant of asylum due to one of the criminal bars to asylum under sections 208(b)(2)(A)(ii)-(iii)."

"To mitigate this issue, DHS is amending its regulations to permit an AO to refer an affirmative asylum application to EOIR, without conducting an interview, based on the record and other evidence."

"Strictly enforce existing immigration laws, including through workplace raids and increased interior enforcement."

"Project 2025 calls on Congress to raise ICE’s budget, increasing its detention capacity to 100,000 beds at any given time (by comparison, in 2019, the Trump administration asked Congress to fund 52,000 beds )"

"DHS proposes to exclude from initial (c)(8) EAD eligibility any alien whose asylum application is denied by an asylum officer or an Immigration Judge (IJ) within the 365 calendar-day waiting period, or before the adjudication of the initial (c)(8) EAD application."

"DHS estimates that approximately 132,167 aliens seeking affirmative asylum annually may be referred without interview due to a bar to applying for asylum, a bar to a grant of asylum, or where the alien does not merit a grant as a matter of discretion"

"Cuccinelli’s proposals to restrict asylum eligibility and expedite removals could make it more difficult for legitimate asylum seekers to find safety in the United States."

"The guide says that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials should be directed to take all unauthorized immigrants with criminal records, prior deportation orders, or who have been identified by local police under 287(g) agreements into custody."

"which would establish a general biometrics requirement for asylum applicants seeking a (c)(8) EAD"

"The rule also gives USCIS flexibility to issue future policy guidance about which categories of cases should be prioritized by the agency for referral without interview based on evolving trends and agency priorities."

"The document includes proposals that have become standard parts of Republican immigration proposals."

"This IFR amends U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regulations to codify: the asylum and annual asylum fees, including the consequences of non-payment of these fees;"

"The asylum application fee required by 8 U.S.C. 1802 is due at the time the application is filed and provides that the fee may not be waived or reduced."

"Per 8 U.S.C. 1802(d), fifty percent of the fees received by USCIS will be credited to USCIS and fifty percent to EOIR."

"The standard for a credible fear of persecution should be raised and aligned to the standard for asylum."

"under the IFR, the average processing time decreased more than 25 percent as compared to the time period under the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule, to 32 days."

"Project 2025 would reinstate those policies, including “Remain in Mexico” and various regulatory bars to asylum (pp. 145, 151)"

"Congress should eliminate the particular social group protected ground as vague and over broad - that gang violence and domestic violence are not grounds for asylum."

"USBP referrals for expedited removal increased approximately 28 percent, to an average of nearly 1,100 persons per day."

"Bring back the Remain in Mexico program as needed to withstand judicial scrutiny and executive inaction."

"law enforcement agencies to hold migrants for DHS or lose their federal funding (p. 137)."

"Mandate that ICE use all detention space in full compliance with Section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), issue weekly reports on detention capacity, and provide authority for low-level temporary capacity (for example, tents) once permanent space is full."

"The rule does not cause a reduction in overall resources dedicated to immigration processing and enforcement. Rather, it prevents those resources from being spread so thin."

"By expanding expedited removal (p. 142) and detention (pp. 140-41, 151) and authorizing tent camps (pp. 140, 151),"

"Eliminate the use of Alternatives to Detention (ATD) for border crossers except in rare cases and only with the explicit authority of the Secretary."

"Proposals to broadly limit lawful pathways to enter the United States, such as parole processes, are outside the scope of this rulemaking"

"The Department of Homeland Security’s proposed policy to prioritize the removal of certain aliens unlawfully present in the United States would be a permissible exercise of DHS’s discretion to enforce the immigration laws."

"The Department of Homeland Security’s proposed policy to prioritize the removal of certain aliens unlawfully present in the United States would be a permissible exercise of DHS’s discretion to enforce the immigration laws."

"DHS’s proposed deferred action program for parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents would also be a permissible exercise of DHS’s discretion"

"The Department of Homeland Security’s proposed deferred action program for parents of U.S. ci"