# Asylum seekers caught in US immigration crackdown

https://mins.news/en/item/46206

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-05 01:27 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/5/asylum-seekers-caught-in-us-immigration-crackdown?traffic_source=rss

> Immigration lawyer Dree Collopy says a new US visa policy risks turning the legal immigration system into another detention tool. She argues that people who lawfully enter the country could become more vulnerable to arrest and deportation when they later seek asylum.

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