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Today, the asylum system staggers under an unprecedented workload. The Migration Policy Institute found that the number of people who came to the U.S. and then applied for asylum quintupled from 28,000 in fiscal 2010 to 143,000 in 2017. Ultimately, only about 20 percent of all claims are approved. The rate of refusal has grown in each of the last six years, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.
Immigration advocates charge that the system turns away people who genuinely need and deserve safe haven. They argue that it’s far too arbitrary. Coming from Mexico? Good luck. About 88 percent of Mexican asylum claims are denied. Coming from Egypt? Welcome. Only 11 percent of Egyptian filings are turned down. The chances of getting asylum are better in New York than Houston, and always better if a lawyer is involved, according to TRAC.
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