US shuts down asylum at borders to fight virus
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Trump administration shut down the US asylum system at border areas for the first time in decades citing public health issues in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. US government used an obscure public health law justifying one of its most aggressive border crackdowns ever. People fleeing violence and poverty for refuge in US are stopped at the nearest border crossing and returned to Mexico without any asylum.
