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Trump says asylum seekers should have to pay a fee to apply

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Last Updated : Apr 30 2019 | 10:45 PM IST

President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants seeking to cross into the US.

In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, Trump directed his attorney general and acting homeland security secretary to take additional measures to overhaul the asylum system, which he insists "is in crisis" and plagued by "rampant abuse."

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First Published: Apr 30 2019 | 10:45 PM IST

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