Migrants who file for asylum in New York or California are three times more likely to have their case approved than if they pursue it in Republican-led Texas or Florida, new data shows.
Analyzing asylum case outcomes in the two liberal states — the top two destinations for new immigrants entering the US — showed 61% of cases in New York and 66% of cases in California were approved from January to August.
That provides a stark comparison with conservative Texas where 19% of cases were granted and Florida, which approved only 23% of cases over the same time period, according to data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.
The average approval rate in asylum cases averaged 49% between 2013 and 2017 under Obama, 32% under Donald Trump and increased to 40% in the first month of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to previous TRAC data.
Migrants who file for asylum in New York or California are three times more likely to have their cases approved than if they pursue them in Republican-led Texas or Florida, new data show.AP
Courts in Democratic-controlled New York and California also oversee the majority of asylum cases in the country, the number of which has exploded during the current immigration crisis, which begins in 2021.
Thousands of immigrants are still pouring into the country every day because the Biden administration has failed to be tough and tighten immigration rules, mostly from Venezuela, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Colombia, according to CBP data.
New York City leaders have repeatedly said they have run out of shelter space after opening 200 facilities and that they have nowhere to house newly arrived immigrants after 160,000 have come to the city since spring 2022 all asking for shelter, food and services. which New York Governor Kathy Hochul estimates will cost $2 billion.
Similarly, San Diego, California, has no room for new immigrants and has released more than 13,000 asylum seekers onto the streets in recent weeks — with officials saying many have been smuggled into the country and don’t know where they are.
Data shows California and New York grant asylum in up to 66% of cases.
“There is a road to America that we never imagined. Congress needs to get its act together,” Michael Wildes, managing partner of the law firm Wildes & Weinberg, PC told The Post.
“It’s the Wild West. [Immigration courts] understaffed, and they continue to place people in Manhattan hotels and similar facilities around the country. It adds up and turns into one of the biggest traffic jams I’ve ever seen,” he added.
At the national level, Customs and Border Protection acknowledged that during their fiscal year, which ended on September 30, more than 900,000 people were allowed into the country on humanitarian parole and were eligible to apply for asylum.
When a migrant is admitted to the US, they are asked their destination and given a Notice to Appear [NTA] in the courts in the district, often years in coming because the immigration courts are so backed up and oversubscribed.
New York City leaders have repeatedly said they have run out of shelter space after opening 200 facilities and that they have nowhere to house newly arrived immigrants after 160,000 have come to the city since spring 2022.NYPJ
The Post watched firsthand as immigrants were handed court dates for the next five years in May.
Previous figures analyzing where migrants are heading in large numbers show the top destinations are New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami and Chicago — some of the most expensive metropolitan areas on the planet.
Less than 10% of migrants live in border towns, and most head to areas where there is a robust population of migrants from their countries of origin.
Due to the lengthy nature of asylum proceedings, the courts are only expected to become more overwhelmed, meaning that asylum seekers are legally allowed to be in the country and in many cases allowed to work, for years before their case is initially heard by a judge.
Nationally, Customs and Border Protection acknowledged that during their fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, more than 900,000 people were admitted to the country on humanitarian parole and were eligible to apply for asylum. ALLISON DINNER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
In the first eight months of 2023, New York and California courts have adjudicated more than 13,200 cases each, both more than in the entire previous year. The next busiest courts were Texas, where judges heard 7,000 cases, and Florida, where judges made 4,000 asylum decisions in the year to August.
The figures also show approval ratings have increased during the Biden administration, with California approval jumping from 34% of cases in 2020 to the current figure of two-thirds. Once asylum is granted, the applicant can apply for citizenship.
In addition, even rejected asylum cases can be appealed – and transferred to another court.
“The culture is very different from one office to the next,” Wildes said. “Customers will often move to different places based on that generality.”
Due to the lengthy nature of asylum proceedings, asylum seekers are legally allowed to be in the country and in many cases allowed to work, for years before their case is initially heard by a judge.NYPJ
Wildes also noted that judges can vary wildly in their decisions and even in some of New York’s most liberal courts there are judges who disapprove over 80% of the applications they hear.
The Biden administration has come under fire for not responding to problems at the border and even Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas referred to a “broken immigration system,” this week.
Meanwhile, a 7,000-strong caravan of migrants left the border between Mexico and Guatemala this week, led by a US citizen, Irineo Mujica, who claimed Latin American countries were taking advantage of Biden’s soft touch.
He said: “Joe Biden’s administration has lost the ball, doesn’t know what to do with immigration,” adding that Mexico is “joining” other countries in the region “to make sure all this immigration goes straight to the United States.”
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