The Justice Department is proposing a major overhaul of the U.S. asylum system, long abused by illegal immigrants seeking a free ticket into the United States.

In a 161-page blueprint, the department proposed a plan to reduce the types of claims immigrants can make and would allow immigration judges to make a quick decision instead of setting up hearings in the backlogged system.

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