Trump plan would allow for quick asylum rejections, documents show

The Trump administration is developing a plan that would allow U.S. immigration officials to quickly reject some asylum applications without interviewing the applicants, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News.  The Department of Homeland Security regulation described in the internal documents would be the latest effort by President Trump’s White House to

This week on the Hill: Reconciliation bill runs up against Republican infighting

Monday was supposed to be the deadline for getting an immigration enforcement funding package on President Trump’s desk.   Instead, the Senate will return Monday evening, preparing for a showdown over the bill after negotiations on the measure blew up more than a week ago following the White House’s  announcement of the creation of a separate, controversial “anti-weaponization” fund that would issue payouts to those…