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Trump ends the era of fake asylum claims
American Thinker ^ | 02/14/2026 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 02/14/2026 8:27:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Probably the most galling thing about Joe Biden's and Kamala Harris's open borders was in the surge of fake asylum claims, fraudulently filed, with a whopping fifty percent of them accepted by roundheeled activist Biden administration judges as real. 

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Illegal migrants paid nothing to file them. NGOs and the United Nations coached them in how to use loopholes to win their claims, and Biden's judges were ready with their rubber-stamps, putting the illegal migrants on the express lane for public benefits, with immediate eligibility. With an acceptance rate like that and the payoff that followed, it's no wonder so many illegals tried their luck on this track. Biden even made it easy and convenient for them, through the no-vet CBP One app.

Fortunately, the Trump administration has seen through the problem.

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According to the New York Post:

Nearly 80 percent of migrants seeking asylum in the US were sent packing in the last quarter, as immigration judges take a tougher line under the Trump administration, which has made it a priority to restore the border.

“It’s having a real impact. The Trump Administration is doing all kinds of things to drive down the asylum grant rate,” said Andrew Arthur, a fellow at the Center for Immigration Policy and a former immigration judge.

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Michael Cutler, who spent 30 years as an agent at the former Immigration and Naturalization Services, cheered the return of common-sense border policy.

“If you look at what asylum is supposed to be, it’s a very narrow definition . . . You have to be able to demonstrate a credible fear and be able to articulate that credible fear of persecution,” he told The Post.

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It's immensely welcome news. The surge in fake asylum claims did a lot to crowd out real asylum claims,

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; asylum; fraud; illegals; immigration; invasion; ngos; scam; scammers

1 posted on 02/14/2026 8:27:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Most if not all of them are pure criminals anyway


2 posted on 02/14/2026 8:47:57 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: SeekAndFind

Surely, we can handle Welfare Tourists.


3 posted on 02/14/2026 9:16:50 PM PST by an amused spectator (principled conservatism is Lefty subterfuge)
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To: SeekAndFind

There are hundreds of NGOs coaching invaders on how to scam the system.

Those cockroaches should be fumigated out of existence.


4 posted on 02/14/2026 10:07:46 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: SeekAndFind

The surge in fake asylum claims did a lot to crowd out real asylum claims,
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As a matter of fact, there are few people, who are escaping some evil government and need an asylum.
Naomi Seibt comes into my mind.


5 posted on 02/15/2026 2:52:13 AM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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To: SeekAndFind

“... accepted by roundheeled activist Biden administration judges ...”

The best description of most of the Cho Bi-Dung admin that I have seen in a long while.

For you younger Freepers ‘roundheeled’ is older slang for an ‘easy’ woman ...


6 posted on 02/15/2026 4:41:00 AM PST by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting. Mail-in voting and RCV counting should be abolished.)
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To: aquila48
There are hundreds of NGOs coaching invaders on how to scam the system. Those cockroaches should be fumigated out of existence.

NGOs are absolutely a problem, but let’s not forget the “religious-based” organizations (churches) that are sucking the tit for fast $ to become “Shepherds” of the poor and down-trodden.

The day my local pastor made his sermon about collecting bucks for importing criminals, I left. Correction,they left me. Screw the Pastor, screw the church, screw the aliens, screw the Demoncrats for the damage they’ve done. Jesus taught forgiveness but I missed the part about being a complete tool for my faith and the greed and vapid moral of its leaders.

7 posted on 02/15/2026 4:53:12 AM PST by paulcissa (The left hates you and wants you dead.)
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To: SeekAndFind; ByteMercenary
Ending fake asylum claims is great. Given you FR name maybe you can help with the biggest question I have about this article. How can you find a 200 year old slang term that's rarely been used for 75 years, is there a reference book for that? (roundheeled)
8 posted on 02/15/2026 4:53:49 AM PST by radmanptn
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To: SeekAndFind; ByteMercenary
Never mind I asked ChatGPT apparently there are a lot of reference books for obscure idioms and slang terms.
9 posted on 02/15/2026 5:00:31 AM PST by radmanptn
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To: radmanptn

I think I noticed the term once or twice in some of my high school english lit reading assignments. That was back in the ‘60s, back when they taught proper diction, vocabulary, proper writing, etc. These days I have had my g-kids occasionally ask what a word I used means.


10 posted on 02/15/2026 5:18:59 AM PST by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting. Mail-in voting and RCV counting should be abolished.)
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To: paulcissa

“NGOs are absolutely a problem, but let’s not forget the “religious-based” organizations (churches) that are sucking the tit for fast $ to become “Shepherds” of the poor and down-trodden.”

You’re absolutely right about that! They are some of the worst and they rake in billions from their “compassion”. Truly despicable.


11 posted on 02/15/2026 5:34:53 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: SeekAndFind; ByteMercenary

Reference books, I must be getting old, I just checked the Google store there’s and app for that.


12 posted on 02/15/2026 5:36:17 AM PST by radmanptn
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To: SeekAndFind

United Nations coached them in how to use loopholes.

They found a dumping ground for all their trash.


13 posted on 02/15/2026 6:35:49 AM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: SeekAndFind

Assylum always was a turd world, UN scam. A way to swindle money out of American taxpayers. NATO can wait. The UN has got to go. NOW! They are a bigger threat to the U.S. than any of our other enemies.


14 posted on 02/15/2026 8:26:00 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (**** ICE (Illegal Criminal Emigrants).)
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