The US Attorney General has issued new measures that could see thousands of asylum-seekers detained indefinitely.
William Barr overturned a 2005 ruling which allowed some migrants, who demonstrated a credible fear of persecution, to pursue bail while their claims were processed.
Kevin McAleese has more from Washington:
Trump gives Iran 48 hours to make deal, hunt continues for missing US pilot
Iranian and US forces were searching for a missing American pilot on Saturday from one of two warplanes downed over Iran and the Gulf, while President Donald Trump warned Tehran time was running out on his latest deadline for a deal to end the war.
US arrests relatives of Iran's Qassem Soleimani
US federal agents have detained the niece and grand-niece of late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their lawful permanent resident status, the State Department said on Saturday.
Five killed by Russian strike on Ukraine market
Five people were killed and 19 others wounded by a Russian drone strike on a market in the frontline Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday morning, Ukraine's prosecutor general's office said.
UN Hormuz vote now expected next week
The UN Security Council is now expected to vote next week on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on Friday, but veto-wielding China has made clear its opposition to authorising any use of force.
Bahrain says 4 injured after drone interception
Bahrain said four citizens were injured and a number of homes damaged from falling debris from drone interceptions early Saturday.
The Arab Parliament and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have strongly condemned the attack targeting the premises of the UAE embassy and the residence of the Head of Mission in the Syrian capital Damascus.
UAE air defences detected and successfully intercepted 23 ballistic missiles and 56 drones launched from Iran on Saturday, the Ministry of Defence confirmed.
The United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, expressed its condemnation and denunciation of the riots, attempted vandalism, and attacks targeting its embassy and the residence of its Head of Mission in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
