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Trump announces plan to deny asylum-seekers who don’t show up at ports of entry, in latest major immigration policy shift<\/strong><\/p>\n Trump’s ultimatum to caravan invaders, obey our laws and wait for asylum hearings. If not, go home or be deported. <\/p>\n President Trump announced in a lengthy speech at the White House on Thursday afternoon that, in response to what he called the “crisis at our southern border” and a surge of fraudulent asylum claims in recent years, his administration will soon require asylum-seekers to “lawfully present themselves” at a port of entry.<\/p>\n The move appeared designed to prevent many members of the leading Central American migrant caravan — which now numbers approximately 4,000, down from a high of 7,200 — from making asylum claims if and when they reach the U.S. border. Asylum claims made by migrants caught crossing the border illegally would seemingly be summarily denied under Trump’s proposal.<\/p>\n The asylum clause of the Immigration and Nationality Act says that anyone who arrives to the U.S. may apply for asylum based on a well-founded fear of persecution, and Trump’s decision was likely to prompt immediate federal court challenges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n New ROE? If you’ve seen how Palestinian youths sling rocks at Israeli troops, you would appreciate that this is a deadly attack and should be reacted to as such.<\/p>\n The president also issued something of a warning to members of the caravan, including those who reportedly threw rocks at members of the Mexican police this week.<\/p>\n “We will consider that a firearm,” Trump said. “We will consider that the maximum we can consider that, because they’re throwing rocks viciously and violently. …. We’re not going to put up with that. They want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back. I told them to consider it a rifle. When they throw rocks, like they did at the Mexico military and police, I said, consider it a rifle.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n