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Original Date Announced
November 19, 2025DHS Secretary Noem ratified the approval and issuance of the 2020 Global Asylum NPRM and the Global Asylum Final Rule, which implemented a wide range of substantive and procedural policy changes, including: limiting qualifying persecution; raising the standard of proof in credible fear adjudications; allowing asylum officers to consider internal relocation and mandatory bars to asylum/withholding at the credible fear stage; expanding the definition of "frivolous" asylum claim and the firm resettlement bar; channeling asylum seekers who pass their credible fear interviews into "asylum-and-withholding-only" proceedings; and more.
Secretary Noem took this action "out of an abundance of caution... to provide an independent basis to address potential legal challenges to the final rule." The ratification was "signed on October 29, 2025 and relates back to the original date of the action that it ratifies." The ratification acknowledges that subsequent amendments during the Biden Administration remain in effect and that the ratified rule remains subject to the injunction in Pangea Legal Services v. DHS.
For actions on the Global Asylum Rule during Trump 1.0, see this entry.
Trump 2.0 [ID# 2116]
2025.11.19 DHS - Ratification of 2020 Global Asylum RuleCurrent Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: RuleSubject Matter: Asylum, Withholding and CATAssociated or Derivative Policies
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2025.11.19 DHS - Ratification of 2020 Global Asylum Rule
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