Border Patrol Agents Have Only Approved 47% Of Asylum Screenings — A Steep Drop Under Trump’s New Plan
A US Border Patrol agent checks documentation of families who had crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico and presented themselves to agents in Los Ebanos, Texas, Sept 10.in June, they have approved fewer than half of the nearly 2,000 screenings they have completed, marking a steep drop from the usual rate of approvals done by asylum officers, according to government data obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Administration officials have long been critical of the first asylum interview, known as a credible fear screening, as being too lenient and they have pushed asylum officers to be stricter in such interviews. Advocates and experts believe the pilot project is part of an overall focus to dismantle the asylum process, along with rules to bar asylum for those who cross through Mexico to get to the southern border.
Asylum officers receive lengthy training to conduct the credible fear screenings. In an initial screening, called a credible fear interview, immigrants must prove there is a significant possibility that they could establish they have a well-founded fear of persecution in their home country. The rate of passage for such screenings is high because the bar to pass is purposefully low.
One asylum officer explained that USCIS officers are trained to pass people who have met the “significant possibility standard” — in other words, a standard that is lower than a 1 in 10 chance of persecution. A second asylum officer said that Border Patrol agents “have an enforcement mindset that isn't appropriate for humanitarian work.”
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