Every year foreigners enter #USA seeking protection because they have suffered persecution or fear that they suffer persecution:
Race
Religion
Nationality
Membership in a particular social group
Political opinion
If you are eligible for asylum you may be permitted to remain in the United States. To apply for Asylum, file a Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal, within one year of your arrival to the United States. There is no fee to apply for the asylum.
You may include your spouse and children who are in the United States on your application at the time you file or at any time until a final decision is made on your case. To include your child on your application, the child must be under 21 and unmarried.
President Trump moves once again to limit asylum seekers at the US border. New orders just signed seek to bar access to asylum claims for people who cross illegally into America.
The new regulations already have been challenged in court. The ACLU and other groups sued the Trump administration to stop its ban on asylum for certain immigrants https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-asylum-immigrants-border_us_…
Abandoned by U.S. journalists after the election, the migrant caravan just rolled through Mexico City. The Migrant Caravan, a Menace No Longer, Arrives in Mexico City https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/central-american-migrant-caravan…
Acting AG Whitaker says without proof that the new policy is necessary because “the Southern border is in crisis.” Acting Attorney General Whitaker Statement On Presidential Proclamation https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/acting-attorney-general-whitaker-stateme…
Another federal court blocks the Trump administration’s move to end DACA. Federal appeals court rules against Trump administration effort to end DACA program https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/08/daca-federal-ap…