Immigration cuts allow 2 in 3 asylum seekers to stay in the US

Two out of every three asylum seekers who presented their cases in the courts of immigration of USA In the last decade they have been allowed to remain in the country, according to an analysis presented this Friday by Syracuse University.

Between 2014 and 2024, immigration judges have processed more than one million cases (exactly 1,047,134) in which the migrant submitted an asylum request.

The judges determined that 685,956 of them They had the legal right to remain in the United States because their requests were approved or they obtained another form of relief from deportation, such as the closure of their processes.

Likewise, 332,552 migrants were ordered expelled and voluntary departure orders were issued to another 28,626, the analysis found. Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)from the New York University.

The departments of Internal security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) presented new measures to speed up the resolution of cases, including a rule for immigration judges to give priority to those that can be resolved quickly, in order to apply more efficiency and speed to the management of the case. job.

The report states that 2 thirds (66%) of asylum seekers were allowed to remain in the country, while 34% received deportation orders.

However, the percentage changes depending on the government in power. The analysis covers three administrations. In the fiscal years (2014 to 2016) analyzed from the Barack Obama Administration (2009-2017), which experienced a wave of asylum seekers, it was found that 68% of the cases were allowed to remain in the country, and 29% were ordered deported.

During Donald Trump’s term (2017-2021), an average of 57% who filed asylum applications were ordered deported, while 43% were allowed to remain in the country.

But the report highlights that under the Trump administration the number of applicants who were granted asylum increased, while other reliefs such as the administrative closure of cases, which allows the immigrant to remain without legal status, decreased.

So far in the Administration Biden The processing of asylum applications has further increased. “An increasing number of people have been granted asylum and other forms of help. At the same time, an increasing number of them have been ordered eliminated,” the report explains.

In April 2024, the average proportion allowed to remain in this country increased to 77%, and the percentage of those ordered removed fell to 22%.

The White House has taken several measures to decongest the traffic jam of almost 1.3 million applicants asylum seekers currently waiting for an immigration judge to decide their cases.