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Trump administration to withhold bail from asylum seekers in latest border crackdown

As record numbers of Central American families cross the U.S.-Mexico border, Attorney General William P. Barr issued a policy reversal for asylum seekers who have already established “a credible fear of persecution or torture” in their home countries.

By Reis Thebault and Michael Brice-Saddler, The Washington Post
A migrant group is detained by CBP near the Paso del Norte International Bridge, Sunday, March 31, 2019, in El Paso.

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