The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum-seekers, refugees and others who hope to come to the US or stay here and who gave "limited" support to terrorists or terrorist groups.
The change is one of President Barack Obama's first
actions on immigration since he pledged during his state of the Union
address to use more executive directives. The department
of homeland security and the state department now say that people
considered to have provided "limited material support" to terrorists or
terrorist groups are no longer automatically barred from the US.
