Biden moves to speed up asylum claims in step toward overhaul of immigration system

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Asylum's allowed.'"
54% : Tens of thousands of people have arrived at the southern border with a family member every month since March.
53% : The Biden administration plans to speed up how migrants who show up at the southern border can seek asylum.
51% : Many families will claim asylum and have their cases added to the 1.3 million case list of all pending immigration matters.
45% : Under the White House's blueprint to reform the asylum process, asylum officers within the Department of Homeland Security will not only continue the preliminary screenings, known as credible fear screenings, but also the officers will make the final decision to grant asylum or not.
44% : Because asylum is an individual process, officers require detailed information about how a specific individual is being persecuted or at risk of death if returned home.
40% : Families released into the U.S. whose asylum claims are denied would be removed.
30% : Unable to return most families to Mexico or detain them for more than 20 days due to legal constraints, the Border Patrol has been forced to release most families into the U.S.

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