Nearly two-thirds of asylum requests by illegal immigrant children immediately grantedWrong. It's easy to get. 70% of all the illegals caught crossing the border are granted asylum. It's a scam, and it's a major reason we need to build the wall.Asylum is very difficult to get .
I call bullflop on you ! Bullflop!
Report: 'Vast majority' of asylum claims granted
Both of your links say that yes, there are a lot of asylum claims granted. But not for adults. It's for unaccompanied children.
The Judiciary Committee says asylum approval rates have "increased dramatically" under the Obama administration. Overall, according to the committee statement, "Approval rates by asylum officers have increased from 28 percent in 2007 to 46 percent in 2013 and approval rates by immigration judges in affirmative cases have increased from 51 percent in 2007 to 74 percent in 2013." And that does not count appeals.
"Once individuals are granted asylum," the report notes, "they have access to all major federal welfare programs."
Complicating matters, according to the committee, is the rate of fraud in asylum cases. The committee says "an internal Department of Homeland Security report" has shown that "at least 70 percent of asylum cases contain proven or possible fraud."
From your first link (by the way, RT? Really?)................
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sent information to the House Judiciary Committee stating that 65 percent of the unaccompanied alien minors who had petitioned the US government for asylum were immediately granted approval, the legislative committee announced Friday.
In the first half of 2014, more than 52,000 unaccompanied minors crossed the Mexican border into the United States in southwest Texas. There has also been a sharp increase in mothers from Central America carrying their children across the border. These immigrants often turn themselves into Customs and Border Protection upon entering the country. The US government has been overwhelmed with the sheer numbers of people who must be housed, fed and seen by medical professionals while they await processing by Border Patrol agents and the Department of Health and Human Services.
And...................from your second link..............................
Now, new numbers released by the House Judiciary Committee show the "vast majority" of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum are granted it before even appearing before a judge. "Information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that shows 65 percent of unaccompanied alien minors' asylum applications have been immediately approved by asylum officers in Fiscal Year 2014," says a Judiciary Committee statement. "And this is just the first bite of the apple. Many more cases can be approved later. Where an asylum officer does not approve the application, it is then referred to an immigration judge where the applicant can try again. If that fails, they can continue to appeal their case."
They were specifically referring to unaccompanied minors.