{"id":69559,"date":"2018-11-01T19:01:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T02:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=69559"},"modified":"2018-11-01T19:01:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T02:01:57","slug":"president-trump-says-our-nations-weak-asylum-laws-are-encouraging-an-overwhelming-increase-in-illegal-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=69559","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Says&#8230;&#8221;Our Nation\u2019s Weak Asylum Laws are Encouraging an Overwhelming Increase In Illegal Immigration&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;&#8221;We will not rest until our border is secure, our citizens are safe, and we finally end the immigration crisis once and for all.&#8221;<br \/>\n President Donald J. Trump<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oJI9oOZT7vQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MISUSED ASYLUM LAWS: Flaws in our asylum system allow illegal aliens with meritless claims to cross our borders and remain here for years.<\/p>\n<p>Our Nation\u2019s asylum laws have allowed illegal aliens with meritless claims to easily enter and stay in the United States while awaiting legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Asylum seekers at the border only have to meet the low bar for establishing a \u201ccredible fear\u201d of returning under which they must show a \u201cpossibility\u201d to qualify for asylum.<\/p>\n<p>Aliens who claim a credible fear of returning do not have to provide any verification or corroboration of their claims in order to receive a positive determination and be released into the interior of the United States.<br \/>\nAs a result, illegal aliens with meritless cases that are released from detention are able to remain in our communities for years, while their cases are litigated in immigration courts.<\/p>\n<p>AN OVERWHELMING SURGE: Our country faces a growing and overwhelming surge of illegal aliens seeking to take advantage of our weak asylum laws.<\/p>\n<p>Today, approximately one in 10 illegal aliens arriving at our southern border claims a credible fear of return, up from one out of every 100 prior to 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2010, these claims have spiked by 1,700 percent.<\/p>\n<p>This staggering increase has contributed to a backlog of hundreds of thousands of cases in our immigration courts.<\/p>\n<p>This surge is only growing, with reports showing that asylum requests at the southern border have recently increased from 1,500 per week to approximately 2,000 per week.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) processed approximately 100,000 credible fear claims this last fiscal year (FY), surpassing the 94,000 record set in FY 2016.<\/p>\n<p>In FY 2018, USCIS received approximately 106,000 new asylum requests from those admitted legally, compared to only 25,500 in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration courts received approximately 160,000 asylum requests in FY 2018, compared to only 42,000 in FY 2008.<br \/>\nA DRIVING FACTOR IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: The standards that apply to the credible fear process is a major driver of our Nation\u2019s immigration crisis.<\/p>\n<p>While there has been an enormous spike in credible fear-initiated claims, relatively few asylum claims have ultimately been found to be meritorious.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 80 percent of aliens arriving from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador passed initial credible fear screenings, but only 15 percent of those were granted asylum.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a major increase in the number of illegal alien family units arriving at our border and family units now make up a significant percentage of credible fear claims.<\/p>\n<p>The number of family units apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection has increased 620 percent during the past five years.<\/p>\n<p>Family units make up about 40 percent of all credible fear-initiated asylum claims.<br \/>\nAs a result of loopholes, nearly all asylum seekers in family units are permitted by the Department of Homeland Security to remain in the United States, pending their asylum hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;&#8221;We will not rest until our border is secure, our citizens are safe, and we finally end the immigration crisis once and for all.&#8221; President Donald J. Trump MISUSED ASYLUM LAWS: Flaws in our asylum system allow illegal aliens with meritless claims to cross our borders and remain here for years. 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