Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People from around the world come to the U.S. to claim asylum, some fleeing war, violence or religious and political persecution. ...

Asylum seekers who crossed the border from the United States irregularly and claimed asylum are being ordered by the ...

Late last month, an immigrant seeking asylum in the U.S. came across social media posts urging her to pay a new fee imposed by the Trump administration before Oct. 1, or else risk her case being ...

The United States has begun applying an additional level of scrutiny to Palestinian asylum seekers requesting refuge after entering the country legally, documents show. The Department of Homeland ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday ordered new restrictions on asylum-seekers at the Mexican border — including application fees and work permit restraints — and directed that cases in the ...

It comes after the BBC revealed how law firms and advisers are helping migrants pretend to be gay to stay in the UK.

Asylum-seekers with no criminal records are being detained around the country as the Trump administration seeks to remove immigrants looking for legal pathways to remain in the United States. The move ...