Refugees and Asylum

"The United States provides refuge to persons who have been persecuted or have a well-founded fear of persecution through two programs: one for refugees (persons outside the U.S.) and one for asylees (persons in the U.S.)."
- The United States Department of Homeland Security

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BIA: EU Citizens and Nationals of ‘Safe Countries’ Are ‘Presumptively Ineligible’ for Asylum

The only real question is what took the Board so long to recognize reality and stem abuses of generous U.S. protections

Topics: Immigration Courts, Asylum

A Snapshot of FY 2026 Refugee Admissions

16,287 South Africans and five Afghans

Topics: Refugees

Trump Rekindles Biden-era Relationship with Refugee NGO

$12K per Afrikaner for ‘professional advancement’, plus $4M for the NGO

Topics: Refugees

DHS Internal Watchdog Finds 40 Percent Error Rate in Afghan Evac Asylum Files

USCIS doesn’t bear all the blame, given all Congress, DOJ, and the courts did to make a bad Biden situation worse

Topics: National Security, Asylum, Afghan Refugees, Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Trump Administration Restores Eight-Month Eligibility for Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance

Topics: Costs of Immigration, Refugees

New USCIS Rule Eliminates Extra ‘Bite at the Asylum Apple’ for Ineligible Aliens

A backlog of 1.4 million pending applications that are taking 7.3 years to resolve is reason enough to change the rules

Topics: Asylum, Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Asylum Fraud on Trial in Latest BIA Opinion

‘Similarly worded declarations from 12 separate political opinion-based Indian asylum applications’

Topics: Immigration Courts, Fraud and Immigration, Asylum

Re: Affirmative Asylum Referrals Without Interview, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2026-0199

Regulatory Comments

Topics: Asylum, Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Excerpt: 9/11 Redux?

25 years later, whistleblowers sound the alarm on Afghan ‘allies’

Topics: National Security, 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, Afghan Refugees

Report: Asylum Denials Reach All-Time High

Undoubtedly true, but a lot more context is required to explain why it was inevitable

Topics: Immigration Courts, Asylum