Trump plan would allow for quick asylum rejections, documents show

Exclusive Politics Trump administration plan would allow for quick asylum rejections without interviews, internal documents show By Camilo Montoya-Galvez Camilo Montoya-Galvez Immigration Correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez is the Immigration Correspondent at CBS News, where his reporting is featured across multiple programs and platforms, including national broadcast shows, CBS News 24/7, CBSNews.com and the organization's social media accounts. Read Full Bio Camilo Montoya-Galvez June 1, 2026 / 6:25 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google The Trump administration is developing a plan that would allow U.S. immigration officials to quickly reject some asylum applications without interviewing the applicants, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News. The Department of Homeland Security regulation described in the internal documents would be the latest effort by President Trump's White House to tighten access to the U.S. asylum system, which administration officials have claimed is plagued by systematic fraud. Under the regulation, officers at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a branch of DHS, would be empowered to reject asylum applications, without adhering to the traditional practice of interviewing the applicants, if they find the cases were filed a year after their arrival to the U.S.USCIS would place rejected applicants in deportation proceedings before the Justice Department's immigration court system, requiring them to plead their cases to remain in the country in an adversarial setting, the documents say.U.S. immigration law generally disqualifies foreigners from applying for asylum if they do so a year after entering the country. But that provision includes exceptions, such as cases involving a serious medical condition or poor legal counsel. Unaccompanied minors are also not subject to the deadline. The regulation outlined in the internal federal documents would allow USCIS officers to move forward with...