Trump calls for tougher restrictions on asylum seekers

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On Monday evening, President Trump sent a memo to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Attorney General William Barr, ordering them to implement tougher restrictions on asylum seekers at the southern border.

Trump wants the new regulations in place within 90 days, including charging fees for asylum applications and barring some asylum seekers from obtaining work authorization. This is Trump's latest attempt to try to keep Central American asylum seekers from coming to the United States. In March, roughly 93,000 people were arrested at the border.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.