Daily News | Here’s how asylum works, as 31 migrants land in Philadelphia from Texas
Immigrants bused from Texas to Philadelphia exit the bus, just west of 30th Street Station. The bus arrived early Wednesday morning.Most or all of the immigrants who got off a bus from Texas at 30th Street Station on Wednesday morning are seeking asylum, a simple term for a challenging and potentially lifesaving process.But gaining that protection — and with it the permission to live in the United States and pursue citizenship — is not easy.
Foreign nationals seeking asylum must show they are unable or unwilling to return to their homeland because they have been persecuted or have “a well-founded fear” of future persecution. Additionally, that persecution must stem from a specific source. It’s not enough for asylum-seekers to show they have been harmed. That harm must be a result of their race, religion, nationality, politics, or membership in a particular social group.
To gain asylum, seekers must undergo what’s called a “credible fear” interview with immigration officials. The burden of proof rests on the asylum-seekers. Their own testimony is deemed critical, though immigration attorneys say that such testimony is too often rejected as insufficient. In fiscal year 2019, the United States granted asylum to about 46,500 people, the highest level in decades. That was a result of increasing applications and a faster pace of adjudications, according toThe right to protection in another country sprang from the violence of World War II and the Holocaust, enshrined in the
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