NEW YORK – The Trump administration pitched several other countries Thursday on its view that the global system for seeking asylum , in effect since World War II, has been rampantly abused and urged them to join the United States in cracking down on such migration.

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau led the discussion on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly alongside representatives from Kosovo, Bangladesh, Liberia and Panama. Landau's gathering allowed American officials to gauge early support and interest for what could be a massive revamp of the asylum system .

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“If you have hundreds of thousands of fake asylum seekers, then what happens to the real asylum system?” Landau said in his opening remarks. “Saying the process is susceptible to abuse i

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