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Lawmakers spar over Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ rule for asylum seekers

WASHINGTON – House members sparred Tuesday over the Trump administration’s so-called “Remain in Mexico” policy for asylum-seekers, with Democrats calling it unsafe and “abhorrent” and Republicans saying it has helped reduce a massive backlog in immigration courts. The policy, introduced in January by the Department of Homeland Security, lets the government accept asylum requests from […]

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