![Denying Asylum Without a Hearing Violates Due Process](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/immigration_1589334147.jpg)
One of the most devastating parts of the proposed regulations overhauling asylum law issued on June 15 is a new rule allowing immigration judges to deny asylum applications without an evidentiary hearing. The regulation states that the judge can “pretermit” legally insufficient applications, meaning deny them without even giving the asylum seeker a chance to [...]