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Maria Villarroel

Trump Administration Denied More Asylum Cases in March Than Any Other Single Month In Almost 25 Years: Report

Migrants wait outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City in June 2023 during a high point in the immigration crisis. The city announced it will close 13 emergency shelters by June because of the number of asylum seekers has fallen to its lowest point in 18 months. (Credit: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

More asylum cases were denied in March than any other single month since at least 2001 as the Trump administration continues its efforts to crack down on immigration.

According to Austin Kocher, a professor at Syracuse University who covers immigration enforcement in the U.S., immigration judges made decisions on 10,933 asylum cases in March. More than three quarters of them (76%) were denied, the highest rate on record for any month in more than two decades.

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