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Asylum Workload by Top Twenty-Five Nationalities

The United States provides refuge to persecuted people or people who have a well-founded fear of persecution and their immediate relatives. The asylum program is for people already in the United States.

This report documents the case workload of asylum cases for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) caseworkers.

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This report includes asylum cases filed, cases completed, and pending for the top twenty-five nationalities (based on 2022 cases filed). Breakouts include cases completed by cases granted, cases denied, referral to immigration judge, and cases closed.

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Data File File Extension File size Date Posted Report Year Data Category categories
Asylum Workload by Top Twenty Nationalities: Fiscal Years 2014 to 2022 xlsx 27.3 KB 11/17/2023 2022 Refugees and Asylees, Asylum Workload by Top Twenty Nationalities 11, 30

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