PWS on USCIS Asylum Office Over-Referrals to Immigration Court

In today's blog post, former BIA Chair Paul W. Schmidt pulls no punches: "[O]ver three quarters of the cases “referred” by the Asylum Office are GRANTED by the Immigration Courts. This shows a gross “over-referral” of cases to the Immigration Courts that could and should be expeditiously granted at the Asylum Office. The Administration’s regulation change to give Asylum Officers more authority to grant asylum at the first instance has not had the positive effects it should have. ... ]

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