Subject: Re: They say they don't want open borders...
Wow. That high? I thought it was 5%. I'd have to reassess, but I'm more favorable to faster work permits now.

Yep. Don't feel bad - even the lauded Jeh Johnson got that figure wrong when speaking off the cuff a while back. But the number has generally ranged between 30-40% over the last 20 years or so.

Asylum has been granted in about 40% of the nearly 700,000 asylum cases that have been decided since 2000. Immigration judges in that time frame approved about 30% of the applications, or about 420,000 cases, filed by people in deportation proceedings after arriving at the border or after being apprehended within the U.S.

In fiscal year 2022, immigration judges decided 52,000 asylum cases; about 46% of people were granted asylum. The approval rate was closer to 39% for those who applied for asylum as a defense against deportation.

"I acknowledge that I misspoke. The number is closer to 30% or higher," [Jeh] Johnson told PolitiFact.

https://www.wral.com/story/fac...