Anonymousabout 2 hours ago
A series of executive orders, legislative actions, and court rulings stretching from 2017 to 2026 have reduced the U.S. asylum grant rate from over 50 percent to under 20 percent while the case backlog has grown to 2.4 million. With the Supreme Court poised to uphold border metering, Congress funding a fourfold expansion of detention, and USCIS pausing asylum processing entirely for months, the statutory right to seek asylum in the United States has been functionally suspended without formal repeal.