Facts not fear: Here's what DOJ stats say about asylum seekers and court dates
by Erin Dunne
| November 02, 2018 02:52 PM
On Thursday, President Trump gave a lengthy speech at the White House on his favorite pre-election theme: immigration. He called the migrant caravan a “crisis at our southern border†and promised an executive order to restrict those seeking asylum in the U.S. Part of his argument against those claiming asylum is, in the president’s words, “They never show up at the trials. They never come back, they’re never seen again.†But for the most part, that’s not true — and data from the Justice Department show it.
DOJ publishes statistical reviews of its actions, including those on immigration. Instead of just taking the word of politicians, anyone who wants to can engage in that democratic exercise of taking advantage of government transparency can look up the numbers themselves.
So, what do statistics published by the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review have to say on how many asylum seekers show up for trials?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/facts-not-fear-heres-what-doj-stats-say-about-asylum-seekers-and-court-dates
