President Donald Trump proposes charging asylum seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants seeking to cross into the United States.
The White House and Department of Homeland Security officials did not immediately respond to questions about how much applicants might be forced to pay, and it was unclear how many families fleeing poverty would be able to afford such a payment.
Charlie Yaxley, a spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said he had no information on the fees and other measures in the proposal from Mr Trump."[It's] a fundamental right."Mr Trump also wants to bar anyone who has entered or tried to enter the country illegally from receiving a provisional work permit.
He is also calling on officials to immediately revoke work authorisations when people are denied asylum and ordered their removal from the country. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned in early April amid Mr Trump's increasing frustration over how many Central American families were crossing the US-Mexico border.
Arrests along the southern border have skyrocketed in recent months, with border agents making more than 100,000 arrests or denials of entry in March, a 12-year high.
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