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Where asylum-seekers come from

Affirmative asylum cases filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Venezuela
19.7%
China
12.0%
Guatemala
8.7%
Mexico
8.5%
El Salvador
8.5%
Honduras
5.0%
India
2.9%
Haiti
2.8%
Colombia
1.9%
Russia
1.9%
All other countries including unknown
28.0%
Defensive asylum cases before an immigration judge of DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review
El Salvador
29.6%
Guatemala
17.8%
Honduras
16.6%
Mexico
14.0%
Haiti
3.2%
India
3.0%
China
2.4%
Ecuador
1.7%
Brazil
1.0%
Romania
0.8%
All other countries, including unknown
9.9%

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