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In his June ruling in Matter of A-B-, restricting asylum for victims of gang and domestic violence, Sessions made it clear that he wanted the same standards to be used for credible fear screenings as well — ending the practice of allowing an asylum seeker to pass a credible fear screening even if it was unclear if her gang persecution would ultimately qualify her for asylum.
Early indications are that the tightening standards might be working; anecdotal evidence suggests that asylum officers have gotten stingier in approving asylum seekers after interviews.
Asylum seekers who don’t pass those screenings are having a much harder time getting a judge to approve their credible fear claim on review. From November 2017 to June 2018, according to a July report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, the approval rate for judicial review of credible fear claims fell from more than 35 percent to under 15 percent.
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