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    Trump restricts asylum further but faces legal and financial limits

    by Molly O'Toole, Los Angeles Times Apr 30, 2019 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has issued new rules to further restrict the asylum claims overwhelming the nation's immigration system, even as the White House prepares a request to seek more money from Congress for stiffer enforcement and faster processing of migrants.

    The Homeland Security Department, which enforces immigration law and has an overall budget of about $50 billion, will run out of money before the fiscal year ends in September because of increased demands from a surge of migrants on the southern border, according to the acting secretary, Kevin McAleenan.

    Despite Trump's efforts to crack down,

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