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Asylum Rejections

- NPR's Melissa Block reports on proposed changes to US Immigration law that would require immigration officers at the airport to decide whether or not a foreigner claiming political asylum has a legitimate case. Currently, anyone declaring political asylum at the airport or border is assigned a court date for their case. If the changes are approved, they could be put immediately on a plane and sent home.

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