Study: Asylum Seekers Get Lawyers, Gain Access to the U.S.
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Study: Asylum Seekers Get Lawyers, Gain Access to the U.S.
Recently revealed statistics show that illegal immigration is down. But another method of gaining residence in the U.S. is up: seeking political asylum.
According to the story, which cites statistics from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan research organization at Syracuse, asylum seekers’ rate of success in the nation’s immigration courts is the highest it has been in 25 years. One significant factor is increased legal representation, new research has found. During fiscal 2010, for example, only 11% of those without legal representation were granted asylum; with legal representation the odds rose to 54%. More... |
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