The U.S. Asylum System and Asylum Loopholes
By Pawel Styma and Jennifer Hickey | July 2019
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The Issue
While the United States remains a safe haven for foreign individuals who have been persecuted in their own country and is committed to having a humane asylum process, the current system is riddled with loopholes which make it ripe for abuse. Many of the recent aliens coming to our borders seeking asylum have left countries with severe economic problems. Many want to escape violence-plagued cities or regions. And many simply have grown impatient with the lengthy, but legal process. While those circumstances may be tragic, they do not reach the standard of “credible fear†necessary to be eligible for asylum.
Unfortunately, a growing number of asylum seekers are well-versed in our laws and, more importantly, what they need to say in order to get a foot beyond the first asylum hearing. As a result, many individuals claim “credible fear†of persecution in the hopes of being released or allowed to remain in the U.S.
This creates several significant problems:
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