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Behind the Bastards

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The Probability of Success in an Asylum Application

There are 2.2 million pending asylum cases in the immigration courts right now, according to a recent study. The success rate denial rate for asylum seekers is about 52 or 53% get denied. About 47 to 48% are granted asylum; that varies widely by immigration court and by nationality. A lot of people who can't get an attorney, it's very unlikely that they will even be able to file an asylum application in the first place.

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