DHS Secretary on Asylum Claims: ‘Our Generosity Is Being Abused’

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NIELSEN: "Our system for asylum is broken. We are a compassionate country that has taken in millions of refugees and granted asylum to hundreds of thousands over the last few decades or assisted them near their home country. Since 1975 the United States has welcomed more than 3 million refugees from all over the world, and each year typically admit nearly two-thirds of the world’s settled refugees. That is more than all other countries combined. So unfortunately because we have an incredibly low standard for claiming credible fears as part of the process, our generosity is being abused. As a result, over the last seven years we’ve seen a number of individuals claiming asylum skyrocket. Before 2011, approximately 1 out of every 100 people arriving illegally claimed credible fear and sought asylum in the United States."