TRAC, a trusted agency that analyzes data published by the US Federal government, has found that Immigration Judges are denying substantially fewer asylum requests. In fact, denial rates have reached the lowest level in the last 25 years. In this time of immigration enforcement, we are happy to see good news for asylum applicants.
For example, in 1986, almost 9 out of 10 asylum cases were denied by immigration judges. That is a huge number of denials! However, during the first 9 months of year 2010, only 5 out of each 10 cases were denied by immigration judges.
TRAC has concluded that there are significantly fewer denials because more asylum seekers are using attorneys and also because there are fewer individuals applying for asylum.
TRAC has also noted that one of the big problems for applicants seeking asylum is that there are disparities between judges. For example, some judges approve more cases than others, etc.
To read the article, please refer to this direct link: http://trac.syr.edu/whatsnew/email.100902.html