Asylum Abuse on the Rise?

Updated: January 3rd, 2014, 5:40 pm

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  by  Van Esser

According to a recent Congressional Research Service report, the number of people granted temporary asylum jumped from 13,931 to 36,026 in the last fiscal year. This tripling of claims has lawmakers worried that illegal border crossers, including members of drug cartels, may be filing fraudulent claims to slow their deportation.

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