With Immigration Court asylum denials reaching an all-time low \u2013 the lowest level in a quarter of a century according to FY 2010 results \u2013 data shows that immigration judges are declining fewer requests for asylum.<\/p>\n
Recent Justice Department data show that immigration judges are declining substantially fewer requests for asylum. Denial rates have reached the lowest level in the last quarter of a century according to a new analysis by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).<\/p>\n
Twenty-five years ago, in FY 1986, almost nine out of ten (89 percent) of the asylum requests in the Immigration Courts were denied. While the annual rates have gone up and down during the ensuing years, only half (50 percent) of the requests were denied during the first nine months of FY 2010 \u2013 a record low.<\/p>\n
The denial rate for asylum requests in Immigration Court has been steadily declining since the mid-nineties and is projected to (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With Immigration Court asylum denials reaching an all-time low \u2013 the lowest level in a quarter of a century according to FY 2010 results \u2013 data shows that immigration judges are declining fewer requests for asylum. Recent Justice Department data…<\/span><\/p>\n