NATIONAL In Minnesota immigration court, hope fades for asylum-seekers By Christopher Magan, Susan Du and Jeff Hargarten, Star Tribune The Tribune Content Agency Updated May 24, 2026 4:15 AM
Each month, judges at the Fort Snelling Immigration Court in Minnesota decide hundreds of cases involving immigrants fighting deportation by claiming they face persecution and dangers in their home countries. For years, the odds of winning were slim. Now, they have become vanishingly small. In the first two months of this year, judges at the state's immigration court granted asylum in just two out of 982 cases, according to a Minnesota Star Tribune analysis of data from Mobile Pathways, a nonprofit that analyzes court decisions. TOP VIDEOS The collapse in approvals reflects a sweeping shift under the Trump administration, which has pushed immigration judges to move cases faster, narrowed longstanding interpretations of asylum law and fired more than 100 judges nationwide, including two in Minnesota.
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