Every migrant who traveled to the U.S. border as part of the Central American caravan has a right under U.S. immigration laws to claim asylum before Customs and Border Protection officers, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed Wednesday, despite President Trump’s call to keep them away from the border.
“We have a legal obligation to hear their asylum requests … and to process these folks in accordance with the law. However, that doesn’t mean we can process all in a day,” a DHS spokesperson told the Washington Examiner.
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