CIS: Asylum Claims are 10 Times Higher Than in 2009
Center for Immigration Studies Asylum Claims
Published:
Wed, Oct 19th 2016 @ 2:59 pm EDT
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) analyzes statistics from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to show how asylum petitions have increased since 2004. According to the report, credible fear asylum cases began to dramatically increase after the Obama administration’s catch-and-release policy was enacted in 2009.
Jessica Vaughan, CIS’ director of policy studies and author of the report, said, "Contrary to the impression given by the Obama administration and advocacy groups, we are not obliged to accept this flood of illegal arrivals and offer them entry to our country. This influx is not a force of nature, nor a consequence of events abroad; it is the result of the Obama administration's catch-and-release policy."
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/cis-asylum-claims-are-10-times-higher-2009
