Immigration Officers Will Be Able to Grant Asylum at the Border

USCIS has announced that, due to the large number of asylum cases in immigration courts, immigration officers will now be able to grant asylum directly at the border. Obviously, this does not apply to all cases, and cases already in the courts will remain there.

Starting next week, asylum officers under the USCIS agency will be able to grant asylum at the border. This measure is being introduced because there are currently many immigration cases in the immigration courts. However, starting next week, USCIS, together with its asylum officers, will be able to hear arguments from people who want to apply for asylum at the United States-Mexico border. So, it is very important that you know this is going to change, and now it will be the asylum officers who can grant this benefit. However, if the case is not won there with the asylum officer, the case will be referred to an immigration court. If you have more questions about this news, you can contact us.