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July 30, 2018 |
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Immigration judges turning down more asylum seekers, as Trump administration presses for crackdown
By Jazmine Ulloa
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The number of asylum cases in which immigration judges find that an immigrant has a “credible fear” of persecution has dropped sharply this year — a shift that leads to swifter deportations and provides an early glimpse at the narrowing path to refuge for many under the Trump administration, according to a report released Monday.
Researchers with the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University reported that immigration judges found asylum seekers had provided enough evidence to establish they had a credible fear in 14.7% of cases heard since January — about half as often as the same period in 2017.
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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Copyright 2018
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