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1. www.npr.org › 2024/05/08 › 1249629647How asylum works in the U.S. and why there's a court ... - NPR

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   May 8, 2024 · Yet that decades-old issue is complicated by hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers claiming, under a process allowed by U.S. law, that they fear returning to their home countries. Near the ...

2. www.pbs.org › newshour › showWhy the U.S. immigration system is strained and unable to ...

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   Dec 21, 2023 · And they were seeking asylum because of the things that we have been talking about, but also because there aren't any other ways to access the United States for people who are looking for work in ...

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4. www.pbs.org › video › the-rise-and-fall-of-theThe Rise and Fall of the Asylum - PBS

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   Jun 23, 2021 · The Rise and Fall of the Asylum. Episode 3 | 54m |Video has closed captioning. Until a few decades ago, the United States relied on mass confinement in mental asylums, for the mentally ill, as ...

5. theweek.com › articles › 837512The complicated history of asylum in America — explained

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   Apr 28, 2019 · In 1951, the U.N. defined a refugee as anyone who cannot return to his or her home country "owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of ...

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6. www.npr.org › 2024/02/07 › 1229856752Why America can't seem to fix its broken immigration system

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   Feb 7, 2024 · Sponsor Message. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The situation at the U.S. border won't get fixed any time soon. This afternoon, Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package that was intended to ...

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7. www.cfr.org › backgrounder › seeking-protection-howSeeking Protection: How the U.S. Asylum Process Works

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   Jun 4, 2024 · At the close of the year, some 5.4 million global asylum seekers still had pending asylum claims, more than a third of which were in the United States. By mid-2023, that number had grown to 6.1 ...

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   Why is asylum a problem in the United States?

   • The right to apply for asylum, a type of protection granted to migrants fleeing persecution or other harm in their home countries, has been a central component of U.S. immigration law for decades. But rising numbers of asylum seekers and a growing backlog in the system have increasingly challenged policymakers.

   Seeking Protection: How the U.S. Asylum Process Works

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   Is the US asylum system at a crisis point?

   • Each year, the U.S. asylum system offers protection to thousands of persecuted individuals. Yet the system has reached a crisis point, the result of a confluence of factors that have led to a major backlog of cases, with many applicants waiting years for a decision.

   The U.S. Asylum System in Crisis: Charting a Way Forward

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   What happened to mental asylums?

   • The Rise and Fall of the Asylum Until a few decades ago, the United States relied on mass confinement in mental asylums, for the mentally ill, as well as extreme treatments, from lobotomy to coma therapy. Today, at Cook County Jail in Chicago, more than one-third of inmates have a mental health diagnosis.

   Mysteries of Mental Illness | The Rise and Fall of the Asylum - PBS

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   Did the US have asylum systems after World War II?

   • Well, it's certainly the case for the United States and other countries around the world that have had asylum systems really that flow from the post-World War II period. But the asylum systems were never set up to manage and be responsive to huge humanitarian crises.

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   When did the United States get asylum?

   • The U.S. signed on to the U.N.'s refugee protocol in 1967, finally creating a comprehensive system for granting asylum with the Refugee Act of 1980. Who received asylum? Mostly people fleeing communist countries. Since 1975, the U.S. has accepted roughly 3.3 million refugees, the vast majority from Cuba, Vietnam, and the former Soviet Union.

   The complicated history of asylum in America — explained

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   How many pending asylum claims are there in the United States?

   • At the close of the year, some 5.4 million global asylum seekers still had pending asylum claims, more than a third of which were in the United States. By mid-2023, that number had grown to 6.1 million [PDF]. How has the level of U.S. asylum claims changed over time?

   Seeking Protection: How the U.S. Asylum Process Works

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9. www.migrationpolicy.org › research › us-asylumThe U.S. Asylum System in Crisis: Charting a Way Forward

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   The United States has a long tradition of providing asylum to those in need. But in recent years, case backlogs have grown and many asylum seekers now wait years for a decision. This report examines the factors that have brought the U.S. asylum system to this crisis point and proposes common-sense steps that can be taken to restore timeliness and fairness, while deterring abuses.