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President Donald Trump often claims it’s too easy for undeserving migrants to stay in the country by seeking asylum, which is why he's reportedly been pushing for changes to the credible fear interview they undergo at the border. But fewer immigrants are receiving asylum since he took office.
According to TRAC at Syracuse University, more than two thirds of immigrants, nationally, have been denied asylum so far this year compared to half who were denied four years ago. The same trend is occurring in New York City, where four years ago, just 16 percent of immigrants were denied asylum. Now, that figure has more than doubled, to 37 percent in the current fiscal year.
These local figures are based on data from the main immigration court at Federal Plaza, and do not include detained immigrants who are locked up while their cases are pending.
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