A new policy from the Biden administration has slashed the percentage of southern border migrants entering the United States who are allowed to seek asylum, according to figures revealed in court documents obtained by The Times. Without these new limits on asylum, border crossings could overwhelm local cities and resources, a Department of Homeland Security official warned a federal court filing this month.

The new asylum policy is the

center

of the Biden administration’s border efforts. Under the new rules, people who cross a third country on their way to the US and do not seek protection there

are presumed ineligible for asylum in the US

That is what the Biden administration has said

in court late Friday night

that the number of unaccompanied migrants is

were historical

being able to pass initial border checks has fallen from 83%

per cent

up to 46%

per cent

according to the new policy. the 83%

per cent

percentage refers to first asylum inquiries between 2014 and 2019; the new data cover

S

the period from

The new policy data ran from

May 12, the first full day

the new policy

was in place until 13 June.

Since the expiration of

Title 42 regulates that

allowed border agents to quickly return migrants at the border without offering them access to asylum, the administration has pointed to a drop in border crossings as evidence that its policy is working.

But immigrant advocates and legal groups have denounced the asylum-restricting asylum policy, arguing that it is a repurposed version of a Trump-era effort that

people in similar circumstances are not eligible for asylum. (Under Biden’s policy, certain migrants may overcome the assumption that they are not eligible for asylum.)

The ACLU and other groups have tried to block the rule in federal court in San Francisco, before the same judge that stopped the Trump administration years ago.

The new filing offers a first look at the impact of the Biden administration’s asylum policy on migrants who have

ignored avoided

the government warns not to cross the border.

This new

–

Released data confirms that the new asylum restrictions are as harsh as lawyers warned, said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director at the American Immigration Council.

The Biden administration touts that credible anxiety screening subsidy rates have been reduced to below 50%.

The data contradicts conservative attacks on the rule for being too permissive. Less than one in ten people subject to the rule have been able to rebut the presumption that they are not eligible for asylum.

The figures show that so far 8,195 asylum seekers who have crossed the border have had the new rules applied to them and 88%

per cent

the policy had limited their chance of asylum. These migrants were forced to pass a higher standard of screening, subject to various forms of protection under US law. about 46%

per cent

of the migrants forced to go through the new approach met the higher standard or made an exception to the rule, such as a medical emergency.

These individuals will now have the opportunity to apply for asylum and other protection at the immigration court.

As intended, the rule significantly reduced screening-in rates for non-citizens found along the SWB, Blas Nuez-Neto, a Senor DHS official, wrote in the filing. “The decrease in encounters at the US border and intrusions into the Darin Gap demonstrate that the application of the consequences of implementing the rules deters non-citizens from pursuing irregular migration and incentivizes them to move safely. and use orderly routes.”

Rechlin-Melnick said few did

past

the new rule would likely succeed in gaining asylum in the immigration court because of the policy

,

but still be able to receive the other lesser forms of protection afforded under US law.

Nuez-Neto said that without the policy, DHS expects an increase in border crossings, which would harm local border communities and strain government resources.

He explained that DHS intelligence indicates there are an estimated 104,000 migrants

Northern North

Mexico and that many of these migrants seem to be waiting to see if the amplified consequences associated with the implementation of the rules are real.

Nuez-Neto said the population is inside

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Northern Mexico is within eight hours of the

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border. He cited the surge in arrests at the border leading up to the end of Title 42 earlier in May, when border agents saw more than 10,000 migrants cross in a single day.

DHS expects that any disruption in the implementation of the rules will result in another wave of migration that will significantly disrupt and burden DHS’s operations. This expectation is not speculative. DHS need only look back to the pre-May 12 increase, which was only mitigated by the application of enhanced border impacts and expanded access to legal routes and processes, largely due to the implementation of the rules on May 12. to identify the consequences of losing the rule, he wrote.

The Trump administration banned asylum for migrants crossing the US border who did not seek protection in another country during their journey. Federal Court Judge Jon Tigar later blocked the policy. The Supreme Court suspended the order.

The Times interviewed migrants in Mexico who said they were still assessing border changes in May, including some who were concerned about the new policy and its potential impact. The Biden administration has promoted deportations and the immigration consequences for those who cross the border without permission on social media and in statements.

Julia Gelatt, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, said the data showed that the policy changes at the border made a difference in who accessed asylum, though she noted that families were not included in the statistics presented by Nuez-net .

This data shows that a much smaller proportion of single adult migrants are able to enter the United States to seek protection than before Title 42, she said. This means a significant reduction in the possibility of asylum for single adults coming to the border.