Has there been a 1,700 percent increase in asylum claims over the last 10 years?
Has there been a 1,700 percent increase in asylum claims over the last 10 years?
- June 21, 2018
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, courtesy of Politifact, June 21, 2018
Louis Desipio, a University of California Irvine political science professor who specializes in immigration, told us that while more people are affirmatively expressing their right to apply for asylum, their claims are not necessarily without merit.
For the full story, please visit http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jun/21/donald-trump/1700-percent-increase-asylum-claims/.
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