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Previously asylum seekers just had to meet a standard of establishing credible fear of persecution in their home country. now they basically have to meet that standard and show a customs and border patrol agent that they can succeed on such a case and great discretion is given to these local authorities. the other part of the trump immigration plan which was likely very troubling to immigration advocates and civil rights advocates is that it reinstates these local enforcement programs whereby local law enforcement team up with i.c.e. to in effect serve as immigration agents. what we're seeing ...