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Federal law says migrants who arrive in the United States, or who are already present, can apply for asylum. Those individuals must show they’ve been persecuted, or are legitimately afraid they’ll be persecuted if sent back, because of their race, nationality, religion, political opinion, or membership in a certain group.
The Trump administration has restricted access to asylum, the president denouncing the system as a “scam.” Now the administration wants to deny work permits to asylum-seekers who cross the border without permission, meaning families would have no means to legally support themselves while their cases go forward.
Ultimately about 20% of 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.
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