I know of one. She ‘withdrew’ her application when her lawyer advised it. The INS has been arresting people right there in the interview rooms. She’s back in the old country getting treatment for psycho stuff.
Yes,
If you have a bad asylum claim, and you think you would loose at the hearing, then it makes sense to skip it.
Either just return back home, or go full illegal, hoping they will not find you.
Those people may be trespassers, but not dummies.