Asylum seekers should wait outside U.S., AG nominee tells Senate panel

President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee William Barr signaled Tuesday he is likely to align with the administration's push to make it harder for people to seek asylum, telling a Senate panel he supports the idea of making people wait outside U.S. borders while their asylum claims are processed.

"Given the abuses of the asylum system right now, I would always prefer to process asylum seekers outside of the United States," Barr said during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch in Washington Editing by James Dalgleish)