Trump administration sets up stiffer rules for migrants claiming asylum

By Kelly Cohen

Published November 8, 2018 9:45pm ET

Trump administration sets up stiffer rules for migrants claiming asylum — A Customs and Border Patrol agent patrols the international border Tuesday, April 10, 2018 near Nogales, Ariz. The Republican governors of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico on Monday committed 1,600 Guard members to the border, giving President Donald Trump many of the troops he requested to fight what he's called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime. | (Matt York/AP)

The Trump administration announced new actions that will restrict the ability of migrants to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The new executive actions were announced Thursday afternoon by Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

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