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Immigration judges are granting fewer asylum requests, with the latest data showing that asylum approval rates have dropped from above 50% earlier in President Joe Biden's administration to roughly 35.8% in October, according to a report published Tuesday.
Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse released its report, which is based on the latest immigration court data, specifically in which judges ruled on the merits of an asylum request.
The data shows that asylum grant requests are down sharply even from a year ago when grant rates had climbed above 50%, peaking in September 2023 to 52.6%. The current approval rate, which hovers around 35.8% is roughly the same as the rate in October 2020, three months before Biden took office, according to the data.
The rates dropped despite immigration courts deciding roughly the same number of asylum cases last year and more recently, according to the report. In recent years, the number of cases decided have consistently fluctuated between 6,000 and 7,000, although when Biden first took office in early 2021 courts were deciding roughly 2,000 asylum cases, the report says.
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