The Trump administration on Monday moved to dramatically limit Central American migrants’ ability to seek asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico, an escalation of the president’s push to stem the flood of border crossers that is straining the U.S. immigration system to the breaking point. Under the rule published online on Monday, with limited exceptions, migrants who passed through another country first would be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. border and would instead be forced to seek it in another country through which...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 15, 2019 13:00 UTC