A New York Post report claims that Joe Biden's administration has been closing a significant number of asylum cases if applicants don't have a criminal record or are otherwise not deemed a threat to the country. "This means," the report says, "that even though migrants are not granted or denied asylum — their cases are 'terminated without a decision on the merits of their asylum claim' — they are removed from the legal system and no longer required to check in with ICE authorities.
Citing data collected by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, the report claims that since 2022 more than 350,000 asylum cases filed by migrants have been closed by the US government, allowing them to remain in the country. Once this happens, "migrants are under no obligation to leave the US, and once cases are dismissed, the person is no longer monitored by ICE and required to regularly check in with them, unlike those still pursuing asylum claims".
