Trump admin weighs plan to reject asylum applications without interviewing applicants amid massive backlog

Key points

• US President Donald Trump's administration seems to be intensifying its crackdown on immigrants in the country.
• The administration is reportedly framing a plan that would allow immigration officials to quickly reject some asylum applications without even interviewing the applicants.
• CBS News reported the development on Monday (local time), citing internal federal documents.
• The regulation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mentioned in the internal documents would be the latest effort by the administration to restrict access to the country's asylum system, which officials have claimed is marred by systematic fraud.
• What does the new regulation propose?