Top Dem Admits That Courts End Up Shooting Down Most Migrants’ Asylum Claims

A Democratic congresswoman Tuesday acknowledged that the U.S. 🛂Immigration system is being overwhelmed with asylum seekers who do not actually qualify for asylum.

California Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren, while speaking during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, publicly acknowledged that most migrants who seek asylum lose their cases in 🛂Immigration court and argued that detention centers are too underfunded to handle the sheer volume of migrants entering the country. Her statements come as President Donald Trump is moving forward with a hardline border agenda that seeks to limit illegal 🛂Immigration into the country.

“The system was overwhelmed, and I think it’s worth noting that a majority of those who sought asylum in 🛂Immigration court lost their asylum case, so clearly, people who are not eligible for asylum were admitted to the United States,” Lofgren said during the committee hearing.

The California lawmaker then noted that any foreign national on American soil, irrespective of their Immigration