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News Wrap: Trump administration’s new asylum policy launches
In our news wrap Friday, the Trump administration began returning Central American migrants seeking legal asylum to Mexico while their cases are processed. Because the U.S. has a backlog of 800,000 asylum cases, the process can take years. Plus, signs of progress toward peace emerged in Afghanistan, as the Taliban named one of its co-founders to join negotiations with the U.S.