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US asylum reform and court surge amid fee hikes

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Latest: U.S. Supreme Court rules asylum seekers must be on U.S. soil to apply

In late July 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented an interim final rule allowing USCIS to refer certain affirmative asylum applications directly to immigration judges, bypassing the mandatory inter