Changing immigration policies hurt system, lawyers group says

by: Sandra Sanchez Posted: Dec 12, 2025 / 04:33 PM CST Updated: Dec 12, 2025 / 04:33 PM CST SHARE McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — “Draconian” changes to U.S. immigration policies for asylum-seekers are wrecking chaos on the immigration court system, the head of an immigration lawyers group says. In the latest episode of Border Report Live, Ben Johnson, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, talks about how re-vetting asylum cases will add years and costs to those trying to legally come to the United States. Border Report Live: Immigration lawyers decry new asylum policies There are over 3.4 million backlogged immigration cases to date, and Johnson tells South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez that that number will almost certainly go up as cases are stalled and those who have already been through lengthy vetting processes will be “re-vetted,” according to new rules by the Trump administration. He also says its unfair that entire populations from 19 countries are banned, or face very harsh regulations, from coming to the United States after the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard soldiers over the Thanksgiving holiday, which left one dead and one severely injured. 7 Day Weather Forecast for PORTLAND, OR for December 15, 2025 Cuellar restored to senior post on House Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee Plus, how U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, just got more powerful, and new court instructions to the Trump administration after Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from immigration detention. For more information, visit us at https://www.beverlyhillsimmigrationlaw.com/.