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Asylum denial rate climbs to 94%, new report says

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A new report says the asylum denial rate rose to 94% earlier this year as the Trump administration carries out his promise of mass deportations and transforms immigration courts nationwide. That figure comes from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse , or TRAC, the nonpartisan research center at Syracuse University. TRAC obtains and analyzes federal records via Freedom of Information Act requests. Asylum is a form of protection in the U.S., granted to people fleeing persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion or by virtue of being part of a “particular social group.” TRAC’s latest data shows in June, just 771 people were granted asylum nationwide and 94% of all asylum cases were denied. Asylum denials have steadily climbed for years, according to TRAC, starting under President Joe Biden and rising to nearly 70% by the end of his term. TRAC attributed the latest spike in denials to President Donald Trump’s remaking of immigration courts, citing records s

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