A program for Ukrainian refugees called “Uniting for Ukraine” was launched last year. Depending on how fast Ukrainians are admitted under the program, it could be a major step up for refugee inflow into the U.S. in the fiscal year of 2022, as 2021 saw refugee admissions at an all-time low.
I last wrote about parole and the difference between parole and bond. Today I am going to address what we are seeing at the law office in terms of parole and how the trend influences applying for asylum.
According the The Economist, the number of asylum-seekers from China has vastly increased since President Xi Jinping rose to power in 2012. Around 70 percent of those fleeing China file for asylum in the United States. Below is a visual graph compiled from data by the Department of Homeland Security which shows that 4,800 plus Chinese were granted asylum in the U.S. in 2020.
Lately there have been well-publicized raids in Minnesota and other parts of the country, in which immigration authorities have been cracking down on Somali immigrants who were granted asylum but then may have committed a crime and are now subject to deportation.
A law suit filed by AILA and other Immigration and Civil Rights Groups alleges that since the beginning of summer 2016 the organizations began receiving reports that people presenting themselves at the border requesting asylum were being turned away by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
On the proposed Muslim Ban: the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-4 to not block Muslims from entering. Senator Jeff Sessions was one of the four votes supporting the ban on Muslims.
