Trump says most asylum seekers don’t show up for their court hearings. New study shows 99% d d

[Zippyjuan]

https://www.vox.com/2020/1/10/21059924/trump-asylum-seekers-show-up-court-hearing

Instead he gives them free housing, food, and medical care in government detention facilities at taxpayer expense.


President Donald Trump has often claimed that the only way to ensure that migrants show up for their court hearings rather than vanish into the US is to keep them in detention or else make sure that they never step foot on American soil in the first place.

But the president’s theory doesn’t hold up: About 99 percent of asylum seekers who were not detained or who were previously released from immigration custody showed up for their hearings over the last year, according to new data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, a think tank that tracks data in the immigration courts.

Studies from previous years have also disproven the idea that most migrants will choose to live in the US without authorization rather than see their immigration cases through. But it’s nevertheless central to Trump’s immigration policies, including those that aim to keep migrants in Mexico rather than letting them walk free in the US.

The latest data from TRAC shows that nearly every asylum seeker showed up for their court hearings over the course of 2019. That’s even though the vast majority of asylum seekers — about 4 in 5 — were not detained at all or had been released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody before their court date. (The numbers don’t account for migrants in immigration proceedings who claimed other kinds of relief from deportation.)

Migrants can end up in immigration court in one of two ways: turning themselves in to immigration agents or getting caught while trying to cross the border without authorization. In both cases, officials will initiate deportation proceedings against them and give them a date to appear in court, where they can ask a judge for asylum and other protections that would allow them to remain in the US with legal status, or else be ordered deported.

On average, immigrants with currently pending cases have been waiting almost two years for their court hearings, and cases take even longer to complete. Under previous administrations, a migrant who came into contact with immigration agents would have typically been released from custody into the US during that waiting period, unless they were found to be likely to flee or a risk to public safety.

But Trump has repeatedly maligned that practice, dubbing it “catch and release,” a concept that predates his presidency but that became a rallying cry during his 2016 campaign. He has falsely claimed that most asylum seekers who are allowed to walk free while their immigration cases are pending will not show up for their court hearings, instead absconding into the US to live as unauthorized immigrants.

In an address last January, Trump asserted that as few as 2 percent of asylum seekers who aren’t in detention show up for their court hearings:


Tell me, what percentage of people come back? Would you say 100 percent? No, you’re a little off. Like, how about 2 percent? And those people, you almost don’t want, because they cannot be very smart... Those two percent are not going to make America great again, that I can tell you.

But data from both TRAC and the Department of Justice clearly refutes Trump’s claim: the rate at which non-detained migrants showed up for their court hearings still far exceeded 2 percent even in the years prior to 2019. About 75 percent showed up for their hearings in fiscal year 2018, similar to rates over the previous five years.

Meanwhile, the rate at which migrants’ asylum claims have been denied has steadily grown over the last seven years from just 42 percent in 2012 to 69 percent in 2019.

Trump has called for the end of “catch and release”

Trump has made efforts to end catch and release, instead keeping migrants in detention or else sending them back to Central America. To do so, he has increased funding for immigration detention, despite Congress’s attempts to rein him in.

Congress had sought to decrease the number of migrants in detention to just over 40,000 in its 2019 appropriations bill. But in August, Trump transferred $271 million in Department of Homeland Security disaster relief funds to ICE to pay for more detention capacity — about 50,000 migrants daily — and temporary immigration courts along the southern border.

More at link.

[Swordsmyth]

A report from the Justice Department on a pilot program to discover if illegal aliens applying for asylum actually showed up for their initial court hearing found that 90 percent of those who file asylum papers and are released into the interior of the country never show up.
Breitbart (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/nearly-nine-in-ten-illegal-aliens-recently-released-into-u-s-not-showing-up-to-court-hearings/):

Since December 21, 2018, DHS has released (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/29/dhs-releases-5k-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-over-memorial-day-weekend/) at least 190,500 border crossers and illegal aliens into the interior of the United States. Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan told (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/24/dhs-100-border-crossers-with-children-being-released-into-u-s-given-work-permits/) Congress this month that those foreign nationals are eventually given work permits that allow them to take U.S. jobs while awaiting their asylum hearings. In testimony before Congress this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said that the agency had recently conducted a pilot program with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to test how many recent illegal aliens would show up to their asylum hearings after being released into the U.S.
The results, an ICE official told Congress, were that about 87 percent of illegal aliens, or almost 9-in-10, recently released by DHS into the U.S. did not show up to their asylum hearings. With illegal aliens not showing up to their scheduled hearings, the ICE official said, the agency is then forced to grapple with attempting to locate and deport each illegal alien, an almost impossible task that strains federal resources.
This report flies in the face of other studies (https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2018/jun/26/wolf-blitzer/majority-undocumented-immigrants-show-court-data-s/) that show 65-70 percent of illegals showing up for court. But that information comes with two big caveats.
First, the most recent data is from 2016 — before this most recent tidal wave of asylum seekers began arriving. It should be noted that as the numbers of asylum seekers rose, the no-show rate in court rose as well. The significance is that there are two kinds of asylum seekers; those who show up at the border and report directly to immigration officials asking for U.S. protection and those who are caught entering the country illegally. The first kind is called an "affirmative" asylum request while the second group usually makes their plea for asylum during their court appearance. These are called "defensive" claims of asylum.
The second caveat is that most of the asylum seekers belong to family units.

“That particular population, as we continue to release into the interior hundreds if not thousands of family units into the interior every week, is of grave concern as it relates to these individuals not appearing before immigration judges and now being fugitives,” the ICE official said. In the same hearing, another federal immigration official said that only about 12 percent of border crossers and illegal aliens who complete their asylum processes actually end up qualifying for asylum — a statistic that underscores the enormous fraud and abuse in the country’s immigration system.
What this pilot program found is that the game has changed. It may have been true previously that a small majority of illegals showed up for their court hearing. But this is dated information. The recent surge in Central American migration has altered the situation entirely.
The DoJ study only looked at those illegals who were caught and released into the interior of the county. That only 10 percent of illegals released bother to show up for their court date means that this year alone, hundreds of thousands of those migrants who entered the U.S. illegally failed to appear and were subject to deportation proceedings.
If they can be found.



https://pjmedia.com/trending/report-nearly-90-of-illegals-fail-to-show-up-for-court-hearings/

[Zippyjuan]

A report from the Justice Department on a pilot program to discover if illegal aliens applying for asylum actually showed up for their initial court hearing found that 90 percent of those who file asylum papers and are released into the interior of the country never show up.
Breitbart (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/nearly-nine-in-ten-illegal-aliens-recently-released-into-u-s-not-showing-up-to-court-hearings/):

Since December 21, 2018, DHS has released (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/29/dhs-releases-5k-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-over-memorial-day-weekend/) at least 190,500 border crossers and illegal aliens into the interior of the United States. Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan told (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/24/dhs-100-border-crossers-with-children-being-released-into-u-s-given-work-permits/) Congress this month that those foreign nationals are eventually given work permits that allow them to take U.S. jobs while awaiting their asylum hearings. In testimony before Congress this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said that the agency had recently conducted a pilot program with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to test how many recent illegal aliens would show up to their asylum hearings after being released into the U.S.
The results, an ICE official told Congress, were that about 87 percent of illegal aliens, or almost 9-in-10, recently released by DHS into the U.S. did not show up to their asylum hearings. With illegal aliens not showing up to their scheduled hearings, the ICE official said, the agency is then forced to grapple with attempting to locate and deport each illegal alien, an almost impossible task that strains federal resources.
This report flies in the face of other studies (https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2018/jun/26/wolf-blitzer/majority-undocumented-immigrants-show-court-data-s/) that show 65-70 percent of illegals showing up for court. But that information comes with two big caveats.
First, the most recent data is from 2016 — before this most recent tidal wave of asylum seekers began arriving. It should be noted that as the numbers of asylum seekers rose, the no-show rate in court rose as well. The significance is that there are two kinds of asylum seekers; those who show up at the border and report directly to immigration officials asking for U.S. protection and those who are caught entering the country illegally. The first kind is called an "affirmative" asylum request while the second group usually makes their plea for asylum during their court appearance. These are called "defensive" claims of asylum.
The second caveat is that most of the asylum seekers belong to family units.

“That particular population, as we continue to release into the interior hundreds if not thousands of family units into the interior every week, is of grave concern as it relates to these individuals not appearing before immigration judges and now being fugitives,” the ICE official said. In the same hearing, another federal immigration official said that only about 12 percent of border crossers and illegal aliens who complete their asylum processes actually end up qualifying for asylum — a statistic that underscores the enormous fraud and abuse in the country’s immigration system.
What this pilot program found is that the game has changed. It may have been true previously that a small majority of illegals showed up for their court hearing. But this is dated information. The recent surge in Central American migration has altered the situation entirely.
The DoJ study only looked at those illegals who were caught and released into the interior of the county. That only 10 percent of illegals released bother to show up for their court date means that this year alone, hundreds of thousands of those migrants who entered the U.S. illegally failed to appear and were subject to deportation proceedings.
If they can be found.



https://pjmedia.com/trending/report-nearly-90-of-illegals-fail-to-show-up-for-court-hearings/

Anonymous source garbage. Link to actual data?

[Swordsmyth]

Anonymous source garbage. Link to actual data?
Testimony before Congress is not an anonymous source.


In testimony before Congress this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said that the agency had recently conducted a pilot program with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to test how many recent illegal aliens would show up to their asylum hearings after being released into the U.S.

The results, an ICE official told Congress, were that about 87 percent of illegal aliens, or almost 9-in-10, recently released by DHS into the U.S. did not show up to their asylum hearings. With illegal aliens not showing up to their scheduled hearings, the ICE official said, the agency is then forced to grapple with attempting to locate and deport each illegal alien, an almost impossible task that strains federal resources.

“That particular population, as we continue to release into the interior hundreds if not thousands of family units into the interior every week, is of grave concern as it relates to these individuals not appearing before immigration judges and now being fugitives,” the ICE official said.

In the same hearing, another federal immigration official said that only about 12 percent of border crossers and illegal aliens who complete their asylum processes actually end up qualifying for asylum — a statistic that underscores the enormous fraud and abuse in the country’s immigration system.


https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/nearly-nine-in-ten-illegal-aliens-recently-released-into-u-s-not-showing-up-to-court-hearings/#

[Swordsmyth]

Anonymous source garbage. Link to actual data?

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asked Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan how many asylum seekers coming across the southern border show up for their hearings.
“It depends on demographic, the court, but we see too many cases where people are not showing up,” he said, telling Graham that DHS recently conducted a pilot program with family units.
“Out of those 7,000 cases, 90 received final orders of removal in absentia, 90 percent,” he said.
“90 percent did not show up?” Graham asked.
“Correct, that is a recent sample from families crossing the border,” McAleenan clarified.
McAleenan’s testimony also painted a grim portrait of a border crisis that shows no signs of easing, with Border Patrol overwhelmed and underfunded. The secretary described authorities as hamstrung by laws that limit how long they can keep migrants in custody.
“Currently due to a single district court order, we cannot obtain effective immigration enforcement results for the families arriving at our border — they cannot be held for longer than 21 days and do not receive rulings from immigration courts for years,” he said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that it encountered 144,000 migrants at the border in May, a level not seen in decades, describing the situation as a “full-blown emergency.” McAleenan said that 60,000 children have entered into DHS custody in just the last 40 days.
McAleenan told lawmakers they also suffer due to “misaligned” asylum standards, meaning many of those who demonstrate “credible fear” of returning home — the initial bar for claiming asylum — are later judged not to have a valid asylum claim. More here (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-secretary-reveals-startling-stat-on-asylum-seekers-who-skip-hearings-disappear).

[Zippyjuan]

Testimony before Congress is not an anonymous source.


https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/nearly-nine-in-ten-illegal-aliens-recently-released-into-u-s-not-showing-up-to-court-hearings/#

An unnamed ICE official. No link to data or actual testimony according to Breitbart.

[Swordsmyth]

An unnamed ICE official. No link to data or actual testimony according to Breitbart.
Read post #5

[Zippyjuan]

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asked Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan how many asylum seekers coming across the southern border show up for their hearings.
“It depends on demographic, the court, but we see too many cases where people are not showing up,” he said, telling Graham that DHS recently conducted a pilot program with family units.
“Out of those 7,000 cases, 90 received final orders of removal in absentia, 90 percent,” he said.
“90 percent did not show up?” Graham asked.
“Correct, that is a recent sample from families crossing the border,” McAleenan clarified.
McAleenan’s testimony also painted a grim portrait of a border crisis that shows no signs of easing, with Border Patrol overwhelmed and underfunded. The secretary described authorities as hamstrung by laws that limit how long they can keep migrants in custody.
“Currently due to a single district court order, we cannot obtain effective immigration enforcement results for the families arriving at our border — they cannot be held for longer than 21 days and do not receive rulings from immigration courts for years,” he said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that it encountered 144,000 migrants at the border in May, a level not seen in decades, describing the situation as a “full-blown emergency.” McAleenan said that 60,000 children have entered into DHS custody in just the last 40 days.
McAleenan told lawmakers they also suffer due to “misaligned” asylum standards, meaning many of those who demonstrate “credible fear” of returning home — the initial bar for claiming asylum — are later judged not to have a valid asylum claim. More here (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-secretary-reveals-startling-stat-on-asylum-seekers-who-skip-hearings-disappear).

Thank you for more information. Which "recent" program is he discussing? Is it the one where they are required to wait in Mexico? Just getting a hearing can take two years or more.

[Zippyjuan]

https://www.kqed.org/news/11756583/report-vast-majority-of-asylum-seeking-families-in-s-f-immigration-court-attend-all-hearings


A new analysis of immigration court records show that the overwhelming majority -- close to 98 percent -- of asylum-seeking families in San Francisco’s immigration court attended every hearing, the highest rate in the country.

For those with legal representation, almost 100 percent made it to court for every hearing.

The San Francisco numbers are in keeping with data from across the country, which shows that the vast majority of families attended all their immigration court hearings, from last September through May.

But they contradict a recent assertion by the acting Homeland Security secretary, who told the U.S. Senate earlier this month that 90 percent of people do not show up for their asylum hearings.

The analysis, released this week by the Transactional Records Action Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, comes at a time when President Donald Trump has vowed massive deportations of immigrant families and the White House has said countless “runaway aliens” skip their court hearings and abscond from deportation proceedings.

But the new data shows that in fact more than 80 percent of adults and children who are part of “family units” across the country do attend all deportation court hearings. And among those with lawyers, 99 percent attend all hearings.

The appearance rate is even higher in San Francisco’s immigration court (which handles cases from Kern County to the Oregon border), likely because Northern California communities have long-standing, robust legal services for immigrants, according to Judge Dana Leigh Marks, president emerita of the National Association of Immigration Judges.

“When the first wave of Central American families began arriving in 2014, the Bay Area legal community moved quickly to organize and strategize how to maximize pro bono resources,” she said.

The data, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the U.S. Justice Department office in charge of immigration courts, covered all 46,743 cases of adults and children in family units who had deportation hearings between September 2018, when the court began tracking families, through the end of May, 2019.

“These appearance rates were remarkably high,” the Syracuse University report noted, given problems in court records and the fact that there is no legal requirement that immigrants receive notice of their hearings.

The charging document, called a Notice to Appear, may be sent by regular mail with no verification that it is received. Prior to 1996, such notices had to be served by certified mail.

The report found that addresses were sometimes absent or incorrect -- for example including zip codes that don’t exist or didn’t match the city or state.

The report noted that “When a family doesn’t show up, it doesn’t mean they had intended to ‘skip’ their hearing. Some immigrants who don’t appear simply have not received notification of their hearing.”

The Syracuse University findings that most families do attend hearings run contrary to testimony by Kevin McAleenan, the acting Secretary of Homeland Security, to the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 10.

Under questioning by the committee chair, Sen. Lindsay Graham, who asked what percentage of people show up for asylum hearings, McAleenan said, “We did an expedited pilot with family units this year with ICE and the immigration courts.

Out of those 7,000 cases, 90 received final orders of removal in absentia.” Graham asked, “90 percent did not show up?” and McAleenan responded, “Correct.”

A Homeland Security spokesman declined repeated requests to provide details about the pilot program or comment on the discrepancy with the Syracuse data.

However the immigration court system, known as the Executive Office of Immigration Review, did begin putting families into an expedited docket in 10 cities last year.

Data on those cases found that out of all family members ordered deported, or “removed,” 85 percent were ordered deported in absentia, meaning the immigrant was not present in court at the time.

Sources familiar with the courts say that whenever a person fails to appear for a hearing they are generally ordered removed, regardless of the strength of their asylum claim.

A 2018 report by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network found that many asylum seekers ordered removed in absentia had legitimate reasons for not appearing in court, including lack of notice, incorrect government information, serious medical problems and language barriers.

[Swordsmyth]

Thanks for all the lying leftist propaganda.