This is in violation of the law:

8 USC §1158: Any alien physically present in the United States may apply for asylum.

BREAKING: The Trump administration said it would prohibit people who illegally cross the U.S. border with Mexico from claiming asylum https://t.co/sckSdA3p9M pic.twitter.com/OCWiHOhSl0

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) November 8, 2018