DHS' top lawyer threatens penalties for attorneys clogging asylum system

The Department of Homeland Security fired off a warning shot to a major consortium of immigration attorneys as the Trump administration cracks down on fraudulent asylum claims while seeking to roll back the Biden administration's open-border policies.

The warning letter marks an escalation in DHS' tactic of targeting illegal immigrants and problematic asylum seekers or green-card holders by also targeting the attorneys who represent them and seek to help them remain in the U.S.

"Asylum...