WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (TNSrep) --The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the federal agency rule expands asylum officers' authority (No. IF12162) on Dec. 12, 2022, by legislative attorney Hillel R. Smith: * * * Under a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) interim final rule (IFR) issued in March 2022, asylum officers (AOs) within DHS's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may determine whether non-U.S. national  more