In an effort to free up the immigration court backlog, the Biden administration is working on streamlining the asylum process.

Soon, all migrants would get a much quicker decision on if they can stay in the U.S. and wait for their next asylum hearing from an asylum officer and not an immigration judge – according to a new directive from the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security.

The president of a union within U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said thousands of new officers would need to be hired.

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