This week, July 15th through the 20th is the global week of inclusion, and the people

over at Special Olympics are trying to break down barriers and end discrimination against

people with intellectual disabilities, and they would like your help.

You can join them in celebrating all abilities and creating a fully inclusive world over

at jointherevolution.org.

Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United

States, irrespective of such alien status, may apply for asylum.

That's from the Immigration and Nationality Act.

It was enacted in 1952.

It lays out the fundamentals of asylum in the United States.

If you're fleeing persecution, you can show up on US soil and ask for asylum.

You don't need papers, you don't need money, the process begins.

But this week, President Trump changed the process in a fundamental way.

Jen Kirby has been covering the news for Vox.

On Monday, the Trump administration published this rule, which was to go into effect Tuesday,

but basically, dramatically would restrict the people who could seek asylum in the United

States.

Anybody who's coming to the United States to seek asylum won't be eligible for asylum

unless they've applied for and been denied for asylum in a country that they pass through

and root to the United States.

So that would basically make most migrants, especially those coming from Central America,

like Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, unable to apply for asylum in the United States

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