President Donald Trump’s deputies have reduced the success rate for migrants’ asylum claims to five percent, or just one-tenth of the approval rate under President Joe Biden.
\n\nThe success rate for migrants without lawyers has fallen to just above one percent, down from 20 percent under Biden, according to federal data released by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
\n\n“The Trump Administration’s actions on immigration are still coming at a breakneck pace two years into the term,” the pro-citizen Immigration Accountability Project (IAP) reported on October 20. “The changes being made by the DOJ, the BIA, and EOIR are crucial in maintaining a fair and efficient asylum process,” it added.
\n\nThe successful reform is shutting the asylum loophole for millions of migrants who rationally used Biden’s welcome to walk into Americans’ workplaces, homes, and communities.
\n\nThe fast-track success shows up in the years-long backlog of asylum cases, which is down to 2.3 million cases. Biden’s deputies expanded the backlog and used it as an excuse to free migrants into the U.S. job market.
\n\nOverall, the Justice Department’s 700 immigration judges — including the asylum courts — accepted roughly 514,000 cases since October 2025, and processed almost one million cases, including almost…
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