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It can be an uphill battle for immigrants seeking asylum in the United States, particularly Utah, part of the reason the Feb. 14 decision in U.S. immigration court in West Valley City stuck out for Bachison. In fact, the Salvadoran woman beat the odds, as figures compiled by Syracuse University show that the vast majority of asylum cases in Utah, more than 80 percent of them, face rejection from the three U.S. immigration judges serving the state.
The difficulty is known among immigration attorneys, who attribute the low success rate, in part, to the sorts of asylum cases most common in Utah — Central Americans seeking refuge due to violence, chiefly gang violence, in their home countries.
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