Federal shift may increase asylum backlogs in Northeast

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Trump administrative directive to shift federal resources from Boston and Newark, New Jersey, could increase delays for asylum seekers in the Northeast.
The temporary reassignments are part of an attempt to reduce a backlog at the southern border, but it will have an impact in the Northeast.
Phillip Mantis from the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project tells the Portland Press Herald that the Boston and Newark offices already have a combined backlog of 40,000 cases. The