Asylum, Removal and Immigration Courts
Definitions to Know
By CIS on November 10, 2018
Asylum
Definition:
An applicant for asylum has the burden to demonstrate that he or she is eligible for that protection. To satisfy that burden, the applicant must prove that he or she is a refugee. A “refugee†is a person outside of his or her country of nationality or habitual residence who is “unable or unwilling†to return to that country “because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.â€
Talking Points:
The number of asylum applications that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received has increased significantly in recent years, from 56,912 in FY 2014, to 84,236 in FY 2015, to 115,888 in FY 2016, to 142,760 in FY 2017.
https://cis.org/Fact-Sheet/Asylum-Removal-and-Immigration-Courts
