President Donald Trump plays golf at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., Dec. 28, 2020. (CNS photo/Reuters/Marco Bello) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Executive Office for Immigration Review have issued a final rule affecting would-be asylum seekers and others seeking refuge in the U.S. who may have come into contact with the coronavirus. The final rule, published in the Federal Register Dec. 23, 2020, "will bar from asylum and withholding of removal certain applicants who may have come in contact with COVID-19," said the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) in a statement voicing its opposition.