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US ends strict Trump-era asylum rules for violence victims

by Amy Taxin
| June 16, 2021 1:03 PM

The U.S. government on Wednesday ended two Trump administration policies that made it harder for immigrants fleeing violence to qualify for asylum, especially Central Americans.

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